Ecclesiastes 1:4
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
5The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
Cross References
Genesis 5:3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
Genesis 36:9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
Exodus 1:6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
Psalms 89:47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Psalms 102:24I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
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 →