Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
5The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.
Cross References
Psalms 89:47Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!
Psalms 102:24I say, O my God! take me not away in the midst of my days! Thy years endure through all generations.
Psalms 119:90Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
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 →