Verse 15
Ecclesiastes 4:15
American Standard Version
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רָאִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת כָּל הַ֣/חַיִּ֔ים הַֽ/מְהַלְּכִ֖ים תַּ֣חַת הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עִ֚ם הַ/יֶּ֣לֶד הַ/שֵּׁנִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲמֹ֖ד תַּחְתָּֽי/ו
English Translation
I have seen all the living who walk under the sun with the second child who stands under me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
1
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of s...
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Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
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yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil wor...
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4
Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This als...
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5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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6
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
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7
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
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There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is t...
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Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
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10
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and...
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11
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone]?
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12
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not...
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13
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonit...
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14
For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
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15
I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood...
16
There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shal...
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