◄ Ecclesiastes 4:15 ►
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Good News Translation
I thought about all the people who live in this world, and I realized that somewhere among them there is a young man who will take the king's place.

New Revised Standard Version
I saw all the living who, moving about under the sun, follow that youth who replaced the king;

Contemporary English Version
I once saw everyone in the world follow a young leader who came to power after the king was gone.

New American Bible
I saw all the living, those who move about under the sun, with the second youth who will succeed him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.

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2 Samuel 15:6 And this he did to all Israel that came for judgment, to be heard by the king, and he enticed the hearts of the men of Israel.

Context
The Futility of Power
…14Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty. 15I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.16The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 4:14
Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.

Ecclesiastes 4:16
The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:14
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