Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

¹³A young man who is poor but wise is a better person than a foolish old king who refuses to pay attention when people try to give him good advice.

¹⁴It is possible for a young man like that to succeed and some day become king, even if his parents were poor or even if he was in prison some of the time.

¹⁵But then some other young man becomes king, and everyone ◄starts to support/is pleased with► him.

¹⁶Large crowds of people crowd around him. But after a few years, they will reject him, too. So it is all senseless, like chasing after the wind.