Ecclesiastes 4:14
For, out of prison, came he forth to reign, yea, even in his own kingdom, was he born poor.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 41:14Then sent Pharaoh and summoned Joseph, and they hastened him out of the dungeon,—so he shaved himself and changed his garments, and came in unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,—See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 2:8Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.
2 Kings 23:31Twenty-three years old, was Jehoahaz when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, of Libnah.
2 Kings 24:6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers,—and, Jehoiachin his son, reigned, in his stead.
2 Kings 25:7And, the sons of Zedekiah, they slew before his eyes,—and, the eyes of Zedekiah, put they out, and then bound him with fetters of bronze, and brought him into 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 →