I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
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Gill's Exposition
I considered all the living which walk under the sun,.... All men that were then alive, who were capable of walking upon the earth; even all of them that were under the heavens, in every land and…
These verses set forth the vanity of earthly prosperity even on a throne. Opinion as to their application is chiefly divided between considering them a parable or fiction like that of the childless…
Solomon was himself a king, and therefore may be allowed to speak more freely than another concerning the vanity of kingly state and dignity, which he shows here to be an uncertain thing; he had…
Cambridge Bible
with the second child that shall stand up in his stead If we take the word "second" in its natural meaning, the clause may point either to the wise young ruler of the previous verse, as succeeding…