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Ecclesiastes 6:4
Ecclesiastes 6:4 is verse 4 of Ecclesiastes chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
King James Version
For he cometh in 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.
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Ecclesiastes 6:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
4 For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
5 The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
6 even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.