Ecclesiastes 4:14 KJV — MannaFest

Ecclesiastes 4:14

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

KJV

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ASV

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

WEB

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

YLT

For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.

DBT

For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

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Ecclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''

Author: Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).

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1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
Psalms 113:7–8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Genesis 41:14
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
Luke 1:52
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Lamentations 4:20
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

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Though he was born in his kingdom, came to it by inheritance, though he has lived to be old in it and has had time to fill his treasures, yet if he take ill courses, and will no more be admonished as he has been, thinking, because he is old, he is past it, he becomes poor; his treasure is exhausted, and perhaps he is forced to resign his crown and retire into privacy.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This unconscious presaging of his own doom, and that of Rehoboam, constitutes the irony. David's elevation from poverty and exile, under Saul (which may have been before Solomon's mind), had so far their counterpart in that of Jeroboam. whereas . . . becometh poor--rather, "though he (the youth) was born poor in his kingdom" (in the land where afterwards he was to reign).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

For he - The poor and wise child is often advanced to the highest dignity. Whereas - That old king is deprived of his kingdom.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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ECC 4:14JOB 5:11 1SA 2:7-8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 4:14GEN 41:14 DAN 2:25
ECC 4:14JOB 5:11 PSA 113:7
ECC 4:14GEN 41:14 PSA 113:7-8
ECC 4:142KI 24:12 JER 24:1
ECC 4:14JOB 5:11 PSA 107:41
ECC 4:14JOB 5:11 LUK 6:21
ECC 4:14JOB 5:11 LUK 1:52-53

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