Ecclesiastes 6:4
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English Standard Version
For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered.

New American Standard Bible
for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For he comes in futility and he goes in darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.

International Standard Version
because stillborn children arrive in pointlessness, leave in darkness, and their names are covered in darkness.

NET Bible
Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A stillborn baby arrives in a pointless birth and goes out into the darkness. The darkness then hides its name.

King James 2000 Bible
For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

American King James Version
For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

American Standard Version
for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

Darby Bible Translation
For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

English Revised Version
for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

Webster's Bible Translation
For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

World English Bible
for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

Young's Literal Translation
For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
Lexicon
For he cometh
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
in with vanity
hebel  (heh'bel)
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity.
and departeth
yalak  (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
in darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
and his name
shem  (shame)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character -- + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
shall be covered
kacah  (kaw-saw')
to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy) -- clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
with darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
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