Ecclesiastes 6:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Ps 109:13 : 13 His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

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  • Eccl 6:5-6
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    5Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

    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?

  • Eccl 5:14-17
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    14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

    15As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.

    16And this also `is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage `is' to him who laboureth for wind?

    17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

  • Job 18:17-18
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    17His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.

    18They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

  • Eccl 6:1-3
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    1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it `is' great on man:

    2A 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.

    3If 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.'

  • Job 18:5-6
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    5Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

    6The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

  • Ps 144:4
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    4Man to vanity hath been like, His days `are' as a shadow passing by.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming `is' vanity.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    10What `is' that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it `is' man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.

    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • Job 14:1-2
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    1Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

    2As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

  • Ps 49:19
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    19It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

  • Job 15:29-30
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    29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

    30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
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    21For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;

    16there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also `is' vanity.

  • Job 3:4-6
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    4That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

    6That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

  • Job 20:26
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    26All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

    10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
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    7And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

    8There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and `he saith not', `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

  • Ps 49:17
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    17For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

  • Job 15:23
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    23He is wandering for bread -- `Where `is' it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

  • Job 12:22
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    22Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

  • Eccl 4:3-4
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    3And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

    4And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

  • Job 10:21-22
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    21Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

    22A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'

  • Job 20:8
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    8As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also `is' vanity.