Ecclesiastes 6:4

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“For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.”

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BSBPD

“For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 6:4 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

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