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


In Context

10 If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

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

14 The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.

15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king's successor.

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 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 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.