Ecclesiastes 6:4
“For he commeth in with vanitie, and departeth in darkenesse, and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.”
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Ecclesiastes 6:4 Context
2A man to whom God hath giuen riches, wealth and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that he desireth, yet God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a stranger eateth it: This is vanitie, and it is an euill disease. 3¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and liue many yeeres, so that the dayes of his yeeres bee many: and his soule be not filled with good, and also that he haue no buriall, I say, that an vntimely birth is better then he. 4For he commeth in with vanitie, and departeth in darkenesse, and his name shall be couered with darkenesse. 5Moreouer hee hath not seene the Sunne, nor knowen any thing: this hath more rest then the other. 6¶ Yea though he liue a thousand yeeres twice told, yet hath he seene no good: Doe not all goe to one place?
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Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 6:4
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
- King James Version
for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;
- American Standard Version (1901)
In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.
- Basic English Bible
For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
- Darby Bible
For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
- Webster's Bible
for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
- World English Bible
For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
- Youngs Literal Bible
for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 6:4
6:4 He - The abortive; of whom alone, that passage is true, hath not seen the sun, ver.#5|. Cometh - Into the world. In vain - To no purpose; without any comfort or benefit by it. Departeth - Without any observation or regard of men. His name - Shall be speedily and utterly forgotten.