Ecclesiastes 4:16
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“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.”Ecclesiastes 4:16
What Does Ecclesiastes 4:16 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 4:16 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 4, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 4:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 1:14“I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 5:10“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”Ecclesiastes 6:11“Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?”1 Kings 1:40“And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.”Ecclesiastes 2:17“Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Judges 9:19“If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:”2 Samuel 15:12“And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.”2 Samuel 18:7“Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.”2 Samuel 19:9“And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.”1 Kings 1:5“Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.”1 Kings 12:10“And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.”Ecclesiastes 1:2“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 2:11“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.”Ecclesiastes 2:26“For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 4:4“Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 11:8“But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.”
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