Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Mieux vaut un enfant pauvre et sage qu'un roi vieux et insensé qui ne sait plus écouter les avis;
KJV
Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, 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.
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ν· καί γε οἱ ἔσχατοι οὐκ εὐφρανθήσονται ἐν αὐτῷ, ὅτι καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος.Eccles. 4, 13. Ἐπεὶ Χριστὸς σοφία Θεοῦ1 Cor. 1, 24. ὢν δι’ ἡμᾶς ἐπτώχευσε πλούσιος ὢν, οἶμαι περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγεσθαι τὸ, ἀγαθὸς παῖς πένης καὶ σοφὸς ὑπὲρ βασιλέα πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἄφρον…
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