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Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

New Living Translation NLT

13 It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice.

14 Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison.

15 But then everyone rushes to the side of yet another youth who replaces him.

16 Endless crowds stand around him, but then another generation grows up and rejects him, too. So it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.

New International Version NIV

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

14 The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.

15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.

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.