Ecclesiastes 4:13

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 4:13

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Berean Standard Bible

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

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WEB

World English Bible

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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ASV

American Standard Version

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 4

¹¹ Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

¹² And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

¹³ Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

¹⁴ For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

¹⁵ I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

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