Ecclesiastes 4:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ One can indeed come out of prison to reign, even though born poor in the kingdom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Even though [the youth] comes out of prison to reign, while the other, born a king, becomes needy.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ He emerged from prison to become king, even though during his rule a poor child is born.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ For sometimes, one goes forth from prison and chains, to a kingdom, while another, born to kingly power, is consumed by need.

Ecclesiastes 4:14 Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was hurriedly brought out of the dungeon. When he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.

Job 5:11

he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Daniel 4:31

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came down from heaven: “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom is taken from you!

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life, was taken in their pits— the one of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”

2 Kings 25:7

They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah; they bound him in fetters and took him to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:12

King Jehoiachin of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon: himself, his mother, his servants, his officers, and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign.

2 Kings 24:6

So Jehoiakim slept with his ancestors; then his son Jehoiachin succeeded him.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I saw all the living who, moving about under the sun, follow that youth who replaced the king;

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.