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Ecclesiastes 4:15

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4:15I considered all the living who walk on earth,42

as well as the successor43 who would arise44 in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 42 Heb “under the sun.”
  2. 43 Heb “the second youth.” It is not clear whether “the second” (הַשֵּׁנִי, hasheni) refers to the young man who succeeds the old king or a second youthful successor.
  3. 44 The verb עָמַד (’amad, “to stand”) may denote “to arise; to appear; to come on the scene” (e.g., Ps 106:30; Dan 8:22, 23; 11:2–4; 12:1; Ezra 2:63; Neh 7:65); cf. 764 עָמַד 6.a; עמד 1.a.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king’s place.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I saw all the living, who move about under the sun, follow a second youth who succeeds him.

NLTNew Living Translation

But then everyone rushes to the side of yet another youth who replaces him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I saw all the living who move about under the sun with the youth; the second who will stand in his place.

KJV 1900King James Version

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.