Ecclesiastes 4:13
American King James Version (AKJV)
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Bible in Basic English (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.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
Better is a boy, poor and wise, than a king, old and foolish, who does not know to look ahead for the sake of posterity.
Darby Bible (DBY)
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
A poor young person who's wise is better than an old and foolish king who no longer accepts advice.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
King James Version (KJV)
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
Webster Bible (Webster)
Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
World English Bible (WEB)
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.