Ecclesiastes 6:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

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  • Ps 109:13 : 13 Let his posteritie be destroied, and in the generation following let their name be put out.

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  • Eccl 6:5-6
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    5Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

    6And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

  • Eccl 5:14-17
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    14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

    15(5:14) As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shal beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

    17(5:16) Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

  • Job 18:17-18
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    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

    18They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.

  • Eccl 6:1-3
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    1There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:

    2A man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse.

    3If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, & his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.

  • Job 18:5-6
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    5Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

  • Ps 144:4
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    4Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    10What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.

    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Job 14:1-2
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    1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

    2He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

  • Ps 49:19
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    19He shal enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not liue for euer.

  • Job 15:29-30
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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.

    30He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.

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    6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
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    21For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

    22For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

    23For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

    16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

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    10And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.

  • Job 3:4-6
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    4Let that day bee darkenesse, let not God regarde it from aboue, neyther let the light shine vpon it,

    5But let darkenesse, and the shadowe of death staine it: let the cloude remayne vpon it, and let them make it fearefull as a bitter day.

    6Let darkenesse possesse that night, let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, nor let it come into the count of the moneths.

  • Job 20:26
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    26All darkenes shalbe hid in his secret places: the fire that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, and that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroyed.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

    10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
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    7Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

    8There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

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    17For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shal his pompe descende after him.

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let the starres of that twilight be dimme through darkenesse of it: let it looke for light, but haue none: neither let it see the dawning of the day,

  • Job 15:23
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    23He wandreth to and fro for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.

  • Job 12:22
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    22He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.

  • Eccl 4:3-4
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    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

    4Also I beheld all trauaile, & all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie & vexation of spirit.

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    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

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    21Before I goe and shall not returne, euen to the land of darkenesse and shadow of death:

    22Into a land, I say, darke as darknes it selfe, and into the shadow of death, where is none order, but the light is there as darkenesse.

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    8He shal flee away as a dreame, and they shal not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,

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    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.