Ecclesiastes 6:4
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
- KJV
- For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
- WEB
- for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
- ASV
- for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;
- DARBY
- For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
- BLB
- For in vapor he comes, and in darkness he goes, and in darkness his name is covered.
- ÅB
- For som et intet kom det til verden, og i mørke går det bort, og med mørke blir dets navn skjult,
- OTB
- For det kommer i fåfengthet og går bort i mørke, og dets navn er innhyllet i mørke.
- B1930
- For som et intet kom det til verden, og i mørke går det bort, og med mørke blir dets navn skjult,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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