Ecclesiastes 4:15
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
I considered all the liuing which walke vnder the sunne, with the second child that shall stand vp in his stead.
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Ecclesiastes 4:15
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considered
Looked at, attended to, examined, or thought carefully about; took into account.
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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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The great light that rules the day and gives light and heat.
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Next after the first in order, rank, time, or succession.
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1. A son or daughter; an offspring or descendant. 2. A young person or infant, considered by age or development. 3. In 'with child,' pregnant or carrying an unborn child. 4. One described as belonging to, derived from, characterized by, or dependent upon another person, group, or condition.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The place, position, office, or role occupied by one person or thing in substitution for another.
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15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
15I considered all the liuing which walke vnder the sunne, with the second child that shall stand vp in his stead.
Selected passage16There 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.
16 There is no end of all the people, euen of all that haue beene before them: they also that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this also is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.