A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 4:15
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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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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- Ecclesiastes 4:14
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
- Ecclesiastes 4:16
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.