Catholic Public Domain Version
"I saw all the living who are walking under the sun, and I saw the next generation, who shall rise up in their places. "
— Ecclesiastes 4:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.”
“I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead. ”
“I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.”
“I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.”
“I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.”
“I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.”
“I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.”
And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.
Better is a boy, poor and wise, than a king, old and foolish, who does not know to look ahead for the sake of posterity.
For sometimes, one goes forth from prison and chains, to a kingdom, while another, born to kingly power, is consumed by need.
I saw all the living who are walking under the sun, and I saw the next generation, who shall rise up in their places.
The number of people, out of all who existed before these, is boundless. And those who will exist afterwards shall not rejoice in them. But this, too, is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
Guard your foot, when you step into the house of God, and draw near, so that you may listen. For obedience is much better than the sacrifices of the foolish, who do not know the evil that they are doing.