Ecclesiastes 6:4

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

5Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath 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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