Ecclesiastes 6:6

In 11 translations

BSB

even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

KJV

¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

WEB

Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?

ASV

yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?

LSV

And though he had lived one thousand years twice over, yet he has not seen good; does not everyone go to the same place?

YLT

And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

DBY

Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

DRC

Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?

GNV

And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

JPS

yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and enjoy no good; do not all go to one place?

LXXE

Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

וְאִלּ֣וּ חָיָ֗ה אֶ֤לֶף שָׁנִים֙ פַּעֲמַ֔יִם וְטוֹבָ֖ה לֹ֣א רָאָ֑ה הֲלֹ֛א אֶל־מָק֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד הַכֹּ֥ל הוֹלֵֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔζησε χιλίων ἐτῶν καθόδους, καὶ ἀγαθωσύνην οὐκ εἶδε, μὴ οὐκ εἰς τόπον ἕνα πορεύεται τὰ πάντα;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• Ecclesiastes 3:20All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
• Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
• Isaiah 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
• Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
• Genesis 5:5So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 5:23–24So Enoch lived a total of 365 years. Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
• Jeremiah 17:6He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
• Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
• Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Psalms 34:12Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
• Ecclesiastes 6:3A 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…
• Psalms 4:6–7Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD. You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
• Isaiah 65:20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

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