Ecclesiastes 6:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

Young's Literal Translation
For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

King James Bible
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he enters
בָּ֖א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

in futility
בַהֶ֥בֶל (ḇa·he·ḇel)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

and departs
יֵלֵ֑ךְ (yê·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in darkness,
וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (ū·ḇa·ḥō·šeḵ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

and his name
שְׁמ֥וֹ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

is shrouded
יְכֻסֶּֽה׃ (yə·ḵus·seh)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

in obscurity.
וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ (ū·ḇa·ḥō·šeḵ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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