Ecclesiastes 6:4

For he commeth to naught, & spendeth his tyme in darknesse, and his name is forgotten.

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In The King James Version

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

In Context

3If a man beget a hundred children, and lyue many yeres, so that his dayes are many in number, and yet can not enioy his good, neither be buryed: as for him I say, that vntymely birth is better then he.

5Moreouer he seeth not the sunne, and knoweth not of it: and yet hath he more rest then the other.

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Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:2-7

The Miseries of Covetousness. 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I… Read the whole commentary →

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