Ecclesiastes 4:15
King James Version
15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
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Ecclesiastes 4:15
New International Version
15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.
Ecclesiastes 4:15
New King James Version
15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun;
They were with the second youth who stands in his place.
Ecclesiastes 4:15
English Standard Version
15 I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that[a] youth who was to stand in the king's[b] place.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:15 Hebrew the second
- Ecclesiastes 4:15 Hebrew his
Ecclesiastes 4:16
King James Version
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.
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Ecclesiastes 4:16
New International Version
16 There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:16
New King James Version
16 There was no end of all the people [a]over whom he was made king;
Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:16 Lit. to all before whom he was to be
Ecclesiastes 4:16
English Standard Version
16 There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is (A)vanity and a striving after wind.
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