Ecclesiastes 4:15
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 connects to 1 cross-reference. Qohelet observes oppression — the tears of the oppressed without a comforter — and declares the dead better off than the living. He meditates on the rivalry that motivates toil, the loneliness of those with no companion, and the vulnerability …
Other Translations
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 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 under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.