Verse List for ECC 4:13

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OET (OET-RV) A poor but wise youth is better off ⇔ than an old but foolish king who can’t accept advice,

OET-LV is_good a _youth poor and_wise more_than _a _king old and_a _fool who not he _knows to_be _warned still.

ULT Better, is a child, poor but wise, than a king, old but foolish, who does not know, how to be warned any longer.

UST It is preferable to be a poor young man who nonetheless acts wisely than to be a king who, despite his age, acts like a fool and refuses to pay attention when people try to give him good advice, as he did when he was younger.

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

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.

NET A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king ⇔ who no longer knows how to receive advice.

LSV Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who has not known to be warned anymore.

FBV A poor young person who's wise is better than an old and foolish king who no longer accepts advice.

T4T A young man who is poor but wise is a better person than a foolish old king who refuses to pay attention when people try to give him good advice.

LEB ¶  A poor but wise youth is better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows _⌊how to receive advice_⌋.[fn]

BBE A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

Moff A young man, lowly born and wise, is better than an old and silly king who will no longer take advice;

JPS Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

ASV Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

DRA Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.

YLT Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

Drby Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

RV Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
(Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth/knows not how to receive admonition anymore.)

SLT Good a poor and wise child above an old and foolish king, who knew not more to receive instruction.

Wbstr Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

KJB-1769 ¶ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.[fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.
(¶ Better is a poor and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.)

Bshps A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.
(A poor child being wise, is better then an old king that doteth, and cannot beware in time to come.)

Gnva Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.
(Better is a poor and wise child, then an old and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.)

Cvdl A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.
(A poor child being wise, is better then an old king, that doteth, and cannot beware in time to come.)

Wycl A pore man and wijs is betere than an eld kyng and fool, that kan not bifore se in to tyme to comynge.
(A poor man and wise is better than an old king and fool, that can not before see in to time to coming.)

Luth Ein arm Kind, das weise ist, ist besser denn ein alter König, der ein Narr ist und weiß sich nicht zu hüten.
(A poor child, the wise is, is better because/than a alter king, the/of_the a fool(n) is and white itself/yourself/themselves not to/for guard.)

ClVg Melior est puer pauper et sapiens, rege sene et stulto, qui nescit prævidere in posterum.[fn]
(Better it_is child poor and wise, king old_man and stupid, who/which doesn’t_know to_foresee in/into/on later.)

UHB ט֛וֹב יֶ֥לֶד מִסְכֵּ֖ן וְ⁠חָכָ֑ם מִ⁠מֶּ֤לֶךְ זָקֵן֙ וּ⁠כְסִ֔יל אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־יָדַ֥ע לְ⁠הִזָּהֵ֖ר עֽוֹד׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀγαθὸς παῖς πένης καὶ σοφὸς ὑπὲρ βασιλέα πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἄφρονα, ὃς οὐκ ἔγνω τοῦ προσέχειν ἔτι·

BrTr Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to take heed any longer.