Ecclesiastes 6:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.”
Ecclesiastes 6:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 6:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 6:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.”
Ecclesiastes 6:4 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;”
Ecclesiastes 6:4 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 6:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,”
Ecclesiastes 6:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 6:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;”
Ecclesiastes 6:4 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 6:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.”
Ecclesiastes 6:4 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:4 in Context — Ecclesiastes 6
2 Il y a tel homme à qui Dieu a donné des richesses, des biens, et de la gloire, et qui ne manque pour son âme de rien de ce qu’il désire, mais que Dieu ne laisse pas maître d’en jouir, car c’est un étranger qui en jouira. C’est là une vanité et un mal grave.
3 Quand un homme aurait cent fils, vivrait un grand nombre d’années, et que les jours de ses années se multiplieraient, si son âme ne s’est point rassasiée de bonheur, et si de plus il n’a point de sépulture, je dis qu’un avorton est plus heureux que lui.
4 Car il est venu en vain, il s’en va dans les ténèbres, et son nom reste couvert de ténèbres;
5 il n’a point vu, il n’a point connu le soleil; il a plus de repos que cet homme.
6 Et quand celui-ci vivrait deux fois mille ans, sans jouir du bonheur, tout ne va-t-il pas dans un même lieu?
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What Does Ecclesiastes 6:4 Mean?
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