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Ecclesiastes 4:14

12 And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

16 There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

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ÅB
for fra fengslet kommer den ene ut og blir konge[^1]; den andre blir fattig, enda han er født i sitt kongedømme.
OTB
For han kan ha kommet fra fengsel for å bli konge, selv om han ble født fattig i sitt rike.
B1930
for fra fengslet kommer den ene ut og blir konge; den andre blir fattig, enda han er født i sitt kongedømme. / < som Josef; 1MO 41, 41 fg.>
BSB
For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
KJV
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
WEB
For out of prison he came out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
ASV
For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
DARBY
For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.
BLB
For from the house of bondage he came to be king, for even in his kingdom he was born poor.

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