King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 4:14
“For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 4
12
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold 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.
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I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
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[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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