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14 One can indeed come out of prison to reign, even though born poor in the kingdom. 15 I saw all the living who, moving about under the sun, follow that[a] youth who replaced the king;[b] 16 there was no end to all those people whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.[c]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:15 Heb the second
  2. Ecclesiastes 4:15 Heb him
  3. Ecclesiastes 4:16 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1

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