¹³ Better a poor but wise child than an old but foolish king, who no longer knows enough to pay attention to a warning, ¹⁴ for he came out of prison to rule as king, even though he had been born poor in the land that became his kingdom.^{[a] 15} I saw that all the living, all those people walking under the sun, sided with the king’s successor, the child who took his place. ¹⁶ There was no end to all the people who were before them. Yet people who come later will not be pleased with him. This too is vapor and chasing the wind.