15I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.


In Context

12 And if a man overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

14 For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

15 I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.

16 There is no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:15I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king's successor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:15I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:15I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:15I saw all the living which walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.