4For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.


In Context

1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:

2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.

3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.

4 For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

5 He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

6 Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?

Ecclesiastes 6:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:4It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:4for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:4for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.