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Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 · Young's Literal Translation
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Ecclesiastes 4:13 in other translations
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
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In context
10 For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!
11 Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
12 And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
14 For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.
15 I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;
16 there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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