13Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.


In Context

10 If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up.

11 And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?

12 And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.

13 Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.

14 Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.

15 I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.