For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;
WEB
For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
YLT
For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
DBT
For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).