Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2896 [e] ט֛וֹב ṭō-wḇ Better Adj-ms 3206 [e] יֶ֥לֶד ye-leḏ a youth N-ms 4542 [e] מִסְכֵּ֖ן mis-kên poor Adj-ms 2450 [e] וְחָכָ֑ם wə-ḥā-ḵām; and wise Conj-w | Adj-ms 4428 [e] מִמֶּ֤לֶךְ mim-me-leḵ Than king Prep-m | N-ms 2205 [e] זָקֵן֙ zā-qên an old Adj-ms 3684 [e] וּכְסִ֔יל ū-ḵə-sîl, and foolish Conj-w | N-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֛ר ’ă-šer who Pro-r 3808 [e] לֹא־ lō- no Adv-NegPrt 3045 [e] יָדַ֥ע yā-ḏa‘ will V-Qal-Perf-3ms 2094 [e] לְהִזָּהֵ֖ר lə-hiz-zā-hêr be admonished Prep-l | V-Nifal-Inf 5750 [e] עֽוֹד׃ ‘ō-wḏ. more Adv

New American Standard Bible
A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.

King James Bible
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.

is a poor

Ecclesiastes 9:15,16 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered …

Genesis 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years …

Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse …

Proverbs 28:6,15,16 Better is the poor that walks in his uprightness, than he that is …

will no more be

1 Kings 22:8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, …

2 Chronicles 16:9,10 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth…

2 Chronicles 24:20-22 And the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, …

2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to …

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