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Ecclesiastes 4:16
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14 For he comes out of prison to be king,
Although1 he was born poor in his kingdom. 
15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun;
They were with the second youth who stands in his place.
16 There was no end of all the people1 over whom he was made king;
Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end of all the people - This is supposed to refer to the multitudes of people who hail the advent and accession of a new sovereign; for, as Suetonius remarks, A plerisque adorari solem orientem, "Most people adore the rising sun." But when the new king becomes old, very few regard him; and perhaps he lives long enough to be as much despised by the very persons who before were ready to worship him. This is also a miserable vanity. Thus the blooming heir: -

"Shall feel the sad reverse: honored awhile;

Then, like his sire, contemn' d, abhorr' d, forgot."

C.




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