Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation There may be no limit to the number of people a king rules; when he is gone, no one will be grateful for what he has done. It is useless. It is like chasing the wind. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit. no end 2 Samuel 15:12,13 Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong conspiracy, and the people running together increased with Absalom. . . . 1 Kings 1:5-7,40 And Adonias, the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying: I will be king. And he made himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. . . . 1 Kings 12:10-16 And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father. . . . they also Judges 9:19,20 If therefore you have dealt well, and without fault, with Jerobaal and his house, rejoice ye, this day, in Abimelech, and may he rejoice in you. . . . 2 Samuel 18:7,8 And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men. . . . 2 Samuel 19:9 And all the people were at strife in all the tribes of Israel, saying: The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines: and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. this Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 2:11,17,26 And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun. . . . Context The Futility of Power…15I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place. 16The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit. Cross References Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 4:15 I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place. Jump to Previous Chasing Delight Desire End Happy Head However Lead Ones Pleased Purpose Rejoice Spirit Stood Striving Successor Surely Vanity Vexation WindJump to Next Chasing Delight Desire End Happy Head However Lead Ones Pleased Purpose Rejoice Spirit Stood Striving Successor Surely Vanity Vexation WindLinks Ecclesiastes 4:16 NIVEcclesiastes 4:16 NLT Ecclesiastes 4:16 ESV Ecclesiastes 4:16 NASB Ecclesiastes 4:16 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 4:16 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 4:16 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 4:16 French Bible Ecclesiastes 4:16 German Bible Alphabetical: a after all and be before But came chasing come end even for happy him is later meaningless no not ones people pleased striving successor the them There This those to too vanity was were who will wind with OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 4:16 There was no end of all (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |