Ecclesiastes 4:15

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 4:15

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.

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ASV

American Standard Version

I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 4

¹³ Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

¹⁴ For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

¹⁵ I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

¹⁶ There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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