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


In Context

1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great on man:

2 A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and 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 doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he is the untimely birth.'

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

5 Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

6 And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

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 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 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.