Ecclesiastes 4:16
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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.
There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- no end
- 2 Samuel 15:12, 13; 1 Kings 1:5–7, 40; 1 Kings 12:10–16
- they also
- Judges 9:19, 20; 2 Samuel 18:7, 8; 2 Samuel 19:9
- this
- Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 2:11, 17, 26