Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 - English Standard Version 2016 For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor. 更多版本King 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 quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.
and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign
They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.
I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king’s place.
The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed, was captured in their pits, of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”
While the words were still in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you,
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.