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. "
— Ecclesiastes 4:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.”
“For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor. ”
“For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.”
“For he came out of prison to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his kingdom.”
“Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.”
“Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.”
“For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.”
And if two are sleeping, they warm one another. How can one person alone be warmed?
And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.
Better is a boy, poor and wise, than a king, old and foolish, who does not know to look ahead for the sake of posterity.
For sometimes, one goes forth from prison and chains, to a kingdom, while another, born to kingly power, is consumed by need.
I saw all the living who are walking under the sun, and I saw the next generation, who shall rise up in their places.
The number of people, out of all who existed before these, is boundless. And those who will exist afterwards shall not rejoice in them. But this, too, is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
Guard your foot, when you step into the house of God, and draw near, so that you may listen. For obedience is much better than the sacrifices of the foolish, who do not know the evil that they are doing.