Text -- Ecclesiastes 4:15 (NET)

4:15 I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 4:15

¹ tn Heb “under the sun.”

² tn Heb “the second youth.” It is not clear whether “the second” (הַשֵּׁנִי, hasheni) refers to the young man who succeeds the old king or a second youthful successor.

³ tn The verb עָמַד (’amad, “to stand”) may denote “to arise; to appear; to come on the scene” (e.g., Ps 106:30; Dan 8:22, 23; 11:2-4; 12:1; Ezra 2:63; Neh 7:65); cf. BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד 6.a; HALOT 840 s.v. עמד 1.a.