15 I beheld all the living, which walk under the Sun [a]with the second child, which shall stand up in his place.

16 There is none [b]end of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not rejoice in him: surely this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:15 Which follow and flatter the King’s son, or him that shall succeed, to enter into credit with them in hope of gain.
  2. Ecclesiastes 4:16 They never cease by all means to creep into favor, but when they obtain not, their greedy desires, they think themselves abused, as others have been in time past, and so care no more for him.

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