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| ESV |
Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.
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| NIV |
Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning.
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| NLT |
It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice.
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| LXX |
ἀγαθὸς παῖς πένης καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” σοφὸς ὑπὲρ βασιλέα πρεσβύτερον καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἄφρονα ὃςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὅς, ἥ, ὅ greek Meaning: * Who * Which * What The relative pronoun that connects a relative clause to a main clause, referring back to a noun or pronoun (called the antecedent). It is distinct from ὅτι (“that,” introducing indirect speech) and from ὅς as an interrogative in older Greek (meaning οὐκ ἔγνω τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ προσέχειν ἔτι |
| KJV |
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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Ecclesiastes 4:12 ← Ecclesiastes 4:13 → Ecclesiastes 4:14
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