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Ecclesiastes 4:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. "
Ecclesiastes 4:14
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up
16 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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Ecclesiastes 4:1
"So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter."
Ecclesiastes 4:2
"Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive."
Ecclesiastes 4:3
"Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 4:4
"Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 4:5
"The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh."
Ecclesiastes 4:6
"Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit."
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