Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation passeth away, another commeth: but the earth abideth styll.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?
Cross References
Genesis 5:3And Adam lyued an hundreth and thirtie yeres, and begate a sonne in his owne lykenesse, after his image, & called his name Seth.
Genesis 36:9These are the generations of Esau, father of the Edomites in mount Seir.
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 →