I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsI 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 that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;
I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).