Ecclesiastes 4:14-16

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¹⁴ A young man who is wise may even become king himself one day. He may have been in prison. He may have been born in a poor family in that kingdom. But he may later rule there as king.

¹⁵ I thought about all the people who live on the earth. I realized that one of them would also become king one day. He would rule instead of the other young man who became king. ¹⁶ Large crowds of people give him honour as their king. But in future years, nobody will praise him. I realized that this has no purpose. It is like somebody who tries to catch the wind.