Protestantism
English
¶Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.1
- who…: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished
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 hath not known to be warned any more.
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.
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 youth than an old and foolish king who does not know how to receive admonition any more.
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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.
The Futility of Power
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king who will no longer be admonished.
¶ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
One Must Be Willing to Listen to Counsel
A poor but wise youth is better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows ⌞how to receive advice⌟.1
- Literally “how to be warned”
A poor and a wise child is better than the old and stupid king who does not know to be warned any more.
A poor and a wise child is better than an old and foolish king, who will not be warned any more.
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
Better is a child poor but wise, than a king old and foolish, who will no more be admonished.
¶ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.1
- who…: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished.
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Better a boy poor and wise,—than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no longer be admonished.1
- who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Catholicism