Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.
New American Standard Bible
For he has come
King James Version
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
Holman Bible
For he came from prison to be king,
International Standard Version
The former can come out of prison to reign, while the latter, even if born to kingship, may become poor.
American Standard Version
For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
Amplified
for the poor youth has [used his wisdom and] come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.
Bible in Basic English
Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.
Darby Translation
For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.
Julia Smith Translation
For from the house of those turning away he came forth to reign; for also he being born in his kingdom became poor.
King James 2000
For out of prison he comes to reign; yet he that is born in his kingdom might become poor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For he came out of the prison house to reign, {since he was born poor in his kingdom}.
Modern King James verseion
For out of prison he comes to reign; although in his kingdom he was born poor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Someone cometh out of prison, and is made a king; and another which is born in the kingdom, cometh unto poverty.
NET Bible
For he came out of prison to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his kingdom.
New Heart English Bible
For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
The Emphasized Bible
For, out of prison, came he forth to reign, yea, even in his own kingdom, was he born poor.
Webster
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
World English Bible
For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Ecclesiastes 4:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
One Must Be Willing To Listen To Counsel
13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more. 14 For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor. 15 I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;
Cross References
Genesis 41:14
And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:33-44
'And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;
1 Kings 14:26-27
and he taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, yea, the whole he hath taken; and he taketh all the shields of gold that Solomon made.
2 Kings 23:31-34
A son of twenty and three years is Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,
2 Kings 24:1-2
In his days hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and Jehoiakim is to him a servant three years; and he turneth and rebelleth against him,
2 Kings 24:6
And Jehoiakim lieth with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigneth in his stead.
2 Kings 24:12
and Jehoiachin king of Judah goeth out unto the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his eunuchs, and the king of Babylon taketh him in the eighth year of his reign,
2 Kings 25:7
And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they bring him to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:27-30
And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint,
Job 5:11
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety.
Psalm 113:7-8
He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.
Lamentations 4:20
The breath of our nostrils -- the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: 'In his shadow we do live among nations.'
Daniel 4:31
While the word is in the king's mouth a voice from the heavens hath fallen: To thee they are saying: O Nebuchadnezzar the king, the kingdom hath passed from thee,