Ecclesiastes 6:4 meaning and explanation

For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

Ecclesiastes 6:4, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the Teacher, the wisdom figure whose reflections make up Ecclesiastes, and he is weighing a man who has everything yet cannot enjoy it. In verse 3 he claimed a stillborn child is better off than such a man, and verse 4 gives the reason.

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