Ecclesiastes 4:15
Ecclesiastes 4:13-16 The Message (MSG)
A poor child with some wisdom is better off than an old but foolish king who doesn’t know which end is up. I saw a youth just like this start with nothing and go from rags to riches, and I saw everyone rally to the rule of this young successor to the king. Even so, the excitement died quickly, the throngs of people soon lost interest. Can’t you see it’s only smoke? And spitting into the wind?
Ecclesiastes 4:15 King James Version (KJV)
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I have seen all the living under the sun throng to the side of the second lad who replaces him.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 New Century Version (NCV)
I watched all the people who live on earth follow him and make him their king.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 American Standard Version (ASV)
I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 New International Version (NIV)
I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
I saw all the living who walk under the sun; They were with the second youth who stands in his place.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I have seen all the living under the sun join with the second youth (the king’s acknowledged successor) who replaces him.