Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten. his name Psalm 109:13 May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out. Context The Futility of Life…3If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he. 4For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.5He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:… Cross References Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he. Ecclesiastes 6:5 He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil: Lexicon Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction he enters בָּ֖א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go in futility בַהֶ֥בֶל (ḇa·he·ḇel) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory and departs יֵלֵ֑ךְ (yê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk in darkness, וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (ū·ḇa·ḥō·šeḵ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness and his name שְׁמ֥וֹ (šə·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name is shrouded יְכֻסֶּֽה׃ (yə·ḵus·seh) Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover in obscurity. וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ (ū·ḇa·ḥō·šeḵ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness Additional Translations For he enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness; For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness. For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness; for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness; For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness. For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered, Jump to Previous Covered Dark Darkness Departeth Departs Futility Goes Meaning Obscurity Shrouded Thereof Vanity WindJump to Next Covered Dark Darkness Departeth Departs Futility Goes Meaning Obscurity Shrouded Thereof Vanity WindLinks Ecclesiastes 6:4 NIVEcclesiastes 6:4 NLT Ecclesiastes 6:4 ESV Ecclesiastes 6:4 NASB Ecclesiastes 6:4 KJV Ecclesiastes 6:4 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 6:4 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 6:4 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 6:4 French Bible Ecclesiastes 6:4 German Bible Alphabetical: and comes covered darkness departs for futility goes in into is It its meaning name obscurity shrouded without OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 6:4 For it comes in vanity and departs (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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