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


In Context

1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

3 If a man begetteth a hundred children, and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he hath no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

4 For he cometh 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 Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:4For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

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 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.