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.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even though [the youth] comes out of prison to reign, while the other, born a king, becomes needy. American Standard Version (1901) For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor. Common English Bible He emerged from prison to become king, even though during his rule a poor child is born. Catholic Public Domain Version For sometimes, one goes forth from prison and chains, to a kingdom, while another, born to kingly power, is consumed by need. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty. |
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.
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.
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
So that he setteth up on high those that be low; And those which mourn are exalted to safety.
I saw all the living which walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.
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 nations.
While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: the kingdom is departed from thee,
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, he lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.