Ecclesiastes 4:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.”
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“For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 4:14 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 41:14So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:33Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:41Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”
- Genesis 41:43He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- 1 Kings 14:26He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
- 2 Kings 23:31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
- 2 Kings 24:1During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
- 2 Kings 24:6And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
- 2 Kings 25:7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:27On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
- Job 5:11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
- Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Lamentations 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
- Daniel 4:31While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.
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