12. And if someone might overpower another by himself,two together can withstand him.A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13. Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who will no longer be admonished.
14. For out of prison he has come to reign, even though he was born poor in the kingdom.
15. Then I saw all those who live and walk under the sun, along with the next youth who will arise in the king’s place.
16. There is no end of all the people, to all who were before them. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and chasing the wind.