Ecclesiastes 4:14
For the youth came from prison to be king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.
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Genesis 41:14, 33-44
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh. . . .

Job 5:11
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

Psalm 113:7, 8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump . . .

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1 Kings 14:26, 27
He seized the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made. . . .

2 Kings 23:31-34
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. . . .

2 Kings 24:1, 2, 6, 12
During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. . . .

2 Kings 25:7, 27-30
And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. . . .

Lamentations 4:20
The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, "Under his shadow we will live among the nations."

Daniel 4:31
While the words were still in the king's mouth, a voice came from heaven: "It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

King James Bible
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For he came from prison to be king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

International Standard Version
The former can come out of prison to reign, while the latter, even if born to kingship, may become poor.

NET Bible
For he came out of prison to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his kingdom.
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