Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 6:4

Ecclesiastes chapter 6 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

Context

v.3If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

v.4This passage

v.5moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 109:13

    Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.