Ecclesiastes 4:14
For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, 1 Because he also that was in his kingdom has become poor. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 41:14And Pharaoh having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Behold, I set thee this day over all the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 2:8He lifts up the poor from the earth, 1 And raises the needy from the dunghill; 1 To seat him with the princes of the people, 1 And causing them to inherit the throne of glory: 1
2 Kings 23:31Twenty and three years old was Jehoahaz when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Kings 24:6And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 25:7And he slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:14-16
The Advantages of Society. 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. 15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. 16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.… Read the whole commentary →