"For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also {he that is} born in his kingdom becometh poor." — Ecclesiastes 4:14

Ecclesiastes 4:14 · KJV

“For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also {he that is} born in his kingdom becometh poor.”

— Ecclesiastes 4:14

Better {is} a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. {who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished}

Verse 15

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Ecclesiastes 4 — Context

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Better {is} a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. {who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished}

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also {he that is} born in his kingdom becometh poor.

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

{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.

Cross References

Psalms 113:7-8

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved {himself}, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. {brought...: Heb. made him run}

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

Job 5:11

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

2 Kings 25:7

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. {put...: Heb. made blind}

Genesis 41:33-44

Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

2 Kings 25:27-30

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth {day} of the month, {that} Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

2 Kings 24:12

And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. {officers: or, eunuchs} {his reign: Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year}