Ecclesiastes 4:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ For he came from prison to be king,  even though he was born poor in his 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.

Ecclesiastes 4:14 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon.  , He shaved, changed his clothes, and went to Pharaoh.

2 Kings 24:12

King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials,  surrendered to the king of Babylon. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.

2 Kings 24:6

Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

2 Kings 25:7

They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes. Finally, the king of Babylon blinded Zedekiah, bound him in bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.

Job 5:11

He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I saw all the living, who move about under the sun, follow  a second youth who succeeds him.

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,  , was captured in their traps. We had said about him, ‘We will live under his protection among the nations.’

Daniel 4:31

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared that the kingdom has departed from you.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the rubbish heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honour. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; he has set the world on them.