Ecclesiastes 4:14 “For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was…”

Ecclesiastes 4:14

For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.

Darby Translation

For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

Young's Literal Translation

For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.

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.

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Cross references

“For out”

Genesis 41:14 Job 5:11 Genesis 41:33–44 Psalm 113:7 Psalm 113:8

Genesis 41:14 · BSB

So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.

Job 5:11 · BSB

He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

Genesis 41:33–44 · BSB

Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

Psalm 113:7 · BSB

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

Psalm 113:8 · BSB

to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.

“also”

Lamentations 4:20 2 Kings 24:6 2 Kings 24:12 2 Kings 25:7 2 Kings 25:27–30 Daniel 4:31

Lamentations 4:20 · BSB

The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

2 Kings 24:6 · BSB

And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

2 Kings 24:12 · BSB

Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

2 Kings 25:7 · BSB

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:27–30 · BSB

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

Daniel 4:31 · BSB

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

15I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

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