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description: "\"For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.\" — Read Ecclesiastes 4:17 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Ecclesiastes 4:17 in Context (Verses 14–16 KJV)
 
 [14 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/4/14) For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also *he that is* born in his kingdom becometh poor.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/4/15) I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/4/16) *There is* no end of all the people, *even* of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also *is* vanity and vexation of spirit.
 
[Ecclesiastes 3](/kjv/ecclesiastes/3) [Ecclesiastes 5](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5)

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