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


In Context

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

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

12 And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.

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

14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

15 I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand 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 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 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.