Ecclesiastes 6:4 - Exposition

For he cometh in with vanity ; rather, for it came into nothingness . The reference is to the fetus, or still-born child, not to the rich man, as is implied by the Authorized Version. This, when it appeared, had no independent life or being, was a mere nothing. And departeth in darkness ; and goeth into the darkness . It is taken away and put out of sight. And his ( its ) name shall be covered with darkness. It is a nameless thing, unrecorded, unremembered.