Ecclesiastes 6:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

For it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

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  • Ps 109:13 : 13 Let his posterity be cut off; in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

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  • Eccl 6:5-6
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    5 Moreover, it has not seen the sun nor known anything: this has more rest than the other.

    6 Yes, even if he lives a thousand years twice over, yet has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

  • Eccl 5:14-17
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    14 But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

    15 As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor which he may carry away in his hand.

    16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

    17 All his days he also eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

  • Job 18:17-18
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    17 His memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

    18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  • Eccl 6:1-3
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    1 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

    2 A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

    3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, yet his soul is not filled with good, and indeed he has no burial; I say, that a premature birth is better than he.

  • Job 18:5-6
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    5 Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6 The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

  • 4 Man is like vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.

  • 8 But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    10 That which has been is already named, and it is known that it is man: nor can he contend with one mightier than he.

    11 Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

    12 For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Job 14:1-2
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    1 Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

    2 He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.

  • 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

  • Job 15:29-30
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    29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

    30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth he shall go away.

  • 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
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    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22 For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?

    23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15 I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child who shall stand up in his place.

    16 There is no end of all the people, even of all who have been before them; they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • 10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This also is vanity.

  • Job 3:4-6
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    4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, nor let the light shine upon it.

    5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

    6 As for that night, let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

  • 26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

    10 He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore.

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    7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

    8 There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.

  • 5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.

  • 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

  • 9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; nor let it see the breaking of dawn:

  • 23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • 22 He reveals deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

  • Eccl 4:3-4
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    3 Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4 Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • 3 What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Job 10:21-22
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    21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

    22 A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  • 8 He shall fly away like a dream and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

  • 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.