Ecclesiastes 6:4
What does Ecclesiastes 6:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 6:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;
KJV
King James Version · 1611For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name 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.
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