Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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Gill's Exposition
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king,.... The wise man proceeds to show the vanity of worldly power and dignity, in the highest instance of it, which is kingly; and, in order…
These verses set forth the vanity of earthly prosperity even on a throne. Opinion as to their application is chiefly divided between considering them a parable or fiction like that of the childless…
Solomon was himself a king, and therefore may be allowed to speak more freely than another concerning the vanity of kingly state and dignity, which he shows here to be an uncertain thing; he had…
Cambridge Bible
Better is a poor and a wise child Better, young man. The words are general enough but the ingenuity of commentators has sought for examples in history, which the writer, according to the varying…
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