Ecclesiastes 1:4
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
- KJV
- One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
- WEB
- One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
- ASV
- One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
- DARBY
- [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
- BLB
- A generation is going and a generation is coming, and the earth is standing forever.
- ÅB
- Slekt går, og slekt kommer, men jorden står evindelig.
- OTB
- Slekter kommer og slekter går, men jorden forblir den samme gjennom tidene.
- B1930
- Slekt går, og slekt kommer, men jorden står evindelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 104:5
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Read in contextZechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 6:12
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Read in contextMatthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Read in contextPsalms 119:90–91
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Read in contextPsalms 89:47–48
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Read in context2 Peter 3:10–13
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Read in contextPsalms 102:24–28
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
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