Truyền Đạo 4:16
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Context
This verse from Truyền Đạo Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. 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 …
Bản dịch khác
There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Tham chiếu chéo
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But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; …
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And …
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that …
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that …
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of …
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, …
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so …