Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
5The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
Cross References
Genesis 5:3Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:
Genesis 36:9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill-country of Seir:
Exodus 1:6Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
Psalms 89:47\89:46\How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
Psalms 102:24\102:23\He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days.
Psalms 119:90Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
Ecclesiastes We are still among Solomon's happy men, his happy servants, that stood continually before him to hear his wisdom; and they are the choicest of all the dictates of his wisdom, such as were more immediately given by divine inspiration, that are here transmitted to us, not to be heard, as by them, but once, and then liable to be mistaken or forgotten, and by repetition to lose their beauty, but to be read, reviewed, revolved, and had in everlasting remembrance. The account we have of Solomon's apostasy… Read the whole commentary →