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


In Context

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?

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

8 For what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 6:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told,] yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:6yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:6yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good: do not all go to one place?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:6Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet has he seen no good: do not all go to one place?