Ecclesiastes 4:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ I saw all the living who, moving about under the sun, follow that youth who replaced the king;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ I saw all the living who walk under the sun with the youth who was to stand up in the king's stead.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ I saw all who live and walk under the sun following the next youth who would rise to take his place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ I saw all the living who are walking under the sun, and I saw the next generation, who shall rise up in their places.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.

Ecclesiastes 4:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:6

Thus Absalom did to every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, so Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

One can indeed come out of prison to reign, even though born poor in the kingdom.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

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.