Ecclesiastes 1:4
People come, and people go, but the earth lasts forever!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3What benefit do you get for slaving away in this life?
5The sun comes up, and the sun goes down, and then rushes to its place to rise again.
Cross References
Genesis 5:3When Adam was 130, he had a son who was like him, made in his image; and he named him Seth.
Genesis 36:9The following is the genealogy of Esau, father of the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir:
Exodus 1:6Eventually Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died.
Psalms 89:47Remember me—my life is so short! Why did you bother creating futile humanity?
Psalms 102:24I cried out, “My God, don't take my life while I'm young! You are the one who lives forever.
Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness lasts for all generations, as permanent as the earth you created.
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 →