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


In Context

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm alone?

12 And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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

14 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

15 I saw all the living which walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.

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 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.