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13 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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13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning.
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14 For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor.
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14 The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.
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15 I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king's place.
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15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king's successor.
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16 There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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16 There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
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