Ecclesiastes 4:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I once saw everyone in the world follow a young leader who came to power after the king was gone.

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That's how he treated everyone from Israel who brought a complaint to the king. Soon everyone in Israel liked Absalom better than they liked David.

Even if you were not born into the royal family and have been a prisoner and poor, you can still be king.

His followers could not even be counted. But years from now, no one will praise him—this makes no more sense than chasing the wind.