Catholic Public Domain Version
"For he arrives without a purpose and he continues on into darkness, and his name shall be wiped away, into oblivion. "
— Ecclesiastes 6:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth 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 it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.”
“Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,”
“For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.”
“In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.”
“For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.”
There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and, indeed, it is frequent among men.
It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.
If a man were to produce one hundred children, and to live for many years, and to attain to an age of many days, and if his soul were to make no use of the goods of his resources, and if he were lacking even a burial: concerning such a man, I declare that a miscarried child is better than he.
For he arrives without a purpose and he continues on into darkness, and his name shall be wiped away, into oblivion.
He has not seen the sun, nor recognized the difference between good and evil.
Even if he were to live for two thousand years, and yet not thoroughly enjoy what is good, does not each one hurry on to the same place?
Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled.