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Ecclesiastes 4:13-16
The Message
Ecclesiastes 4:13-16
The Message
13-16 A poor child with some wisdom is better off than an old but foolish king who doesn’t know which end is up. I saw a youth just like this start with nothing and go from rags to riches, and I saw everyone rally to the rule of this young successor to the king. Even so, the excitement died quickly, the throngs of people soon lost interest. Can’t you see it’s only smoke? And spitting into the wind?
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Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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