Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Even if he lives a thousand years twice over without experiencing the best aren't all of them going to the same place?
New American Standard Bible
Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not
King James Version
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Holman Bible
And if he lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?
A Conservative Version
Yea, though he lives a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoys no good, do not all go to one place?
American Standard Version
yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?
Amplified
Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice over and yet has seen no good and experienced no enjoyment—do not both go to one place [the grave]?”
Bible in Basic English
And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?
Darby Translation
Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Julia Smith Translation
And although he lived a thousand years twice, and he saw not good. Did not all go to one place?
King James 2000
Yea, though he lives a thousand years twice over, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Even if a man lives a thousand years twice, if he does not enjoy {prosperity}, {both suffer the same fate}!
Modern King James verseion
Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet he has seen no good. Do not all go to one place?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, though he lived two thousand years, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?
NET Bible
if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity. For both of them die!
New Heart English Bible
Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, do not all go to one place?
The Emphasized Bible
Even though one hath lived a thousand years twice told, yet, good, hath he not seen, - is it not, unto one place, that, all, are going?
Webster
Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
World English Bible
Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?
Youngs Literal Translation
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?
Topics
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Pa`am
Ra'ah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 6:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Those Who Have Wealth But Do Not Enjoy It Are Pitiful
5 Furthermore, though they never saw the sun nor learned anything, they are more content than the other. 6 Even if he lives a thousand years twice over without experiencing the best aren't all of them going to the same place? 7 Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 5:5
Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then died.
Genesis 5:23-24
Enoch lived a total of 365 years,
Job 1:21
and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."
Job 7:7
Remember that my life is a breath; my eyes won't go back to seeing good things.
Job 30:23
I know that you're about to kill me, so I'm about to go to the house that's appointed for all the living."
Psalm 4:6-7
Many are asking, "Who will help us to see better days?" LORD, may the light of your favor shine upon us.
Psalm 34:12
Who among you desires life, and wants long life in order to see good?
Ecclesiastes 3:20
All of them go to one place: all of them originate from dust, and all of them return to dust.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.
Isaiah 65:20
"And there will no longer be in it a young boy who lives only a few days, or an old person who does not live out his days; for one who dies at a hundred years will be thought a mere youth, and one who falls short of a hundred years will be considered accursed.
Isaiah 65:22
They won't build for others to inhabit; they won't plant for others to eat for like the lifetime of a tree, so will the lifetime of my people be, and my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.
Jeremiah 17:6
He will be like a bush in the desert, and he won't see when good comes. He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt, without inhabitants.
Hebrews 9:27
Indeed, just as people are destined to die once and after that to be judged,