Ecclesiastes 4:13

KJV

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

— Ecclesiastes 4:13, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet observes oppression — the tears of the oppressed without a comforter — and declares the dead better off than the living. He meditates on the rivalry that motivates toil, the loneliness of those with no companion, and the vulnerability …

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他の翻訳

ASV

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

YLT

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

BBE

A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

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