Ecclesiastes 4
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

13A 1poorH4542 yet wiseH2450 ladH3206 is betterH2896 thanH4480 an oldH2205 and foolishH3684 kingH4428 whoH834 noH3808 longerH5750 knowsH3045 how to receiveH2094 2instructionH2094.

14For he has comeH3318 3out of prisonH1004H631 to becomeH4427 kingH4427, evenH1571 thoughH3588 he was bornH3205 poorH7326 in his kingdomH4438.

15I have seenH7200 allH3605 the livingH2416 underH8478 the sunH8121 throngH1980 to the sideH5973 of the secondH8145 ladH3206 whoH834 4replacesH5975H8478 him.

16ThereH369 is noH369 endH7093 to allH3605 the peopleH5971, to allH3605 whoH834 were beforeH6440 them, and evenH1571 the onesH314 whoH314 will comeH314 laterH314 will not be happyH8055 with him, for thisH2088 tooH1571 is 5vanityH1892 and strivingH7475 after windH7307.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 4:13 Eccl 7:19; 9:15 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 4:13 Or warning ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 4:14 Gen 41:14, 41-43 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 4:15 Lit stands in his stead ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 4:16 Eccl 1:14 ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 4

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