Ecclesiastes 4:13-15

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There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool

¹³A poor but wise youth is better
    than an old but foolish king
        who will no longer accept correction.
¹⁴The former can come out of prison to reign,
    while the latter, even if born to^[a] kingship, may become poor.

¹⁵I observed everyone who lives and walks on earth, along with the youth^[b] who will take the king’s^[c] place.

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Ecclesiastes 4:14 Lit. to his
Ecclesiastes 4:15 Lit. second child
Ecclesiastes 4:15 Lit. take his

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Ecclesiastes 4:13-15 International Standard Version

There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool

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Ecclesiastes 4:13-15

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