Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation goes, 2 and another generation comes, 1 but the earth remains forever. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3What profit does mankind gain from all the work that they labor at under the sun? 1
5The sun rises, 2 and it goes down 1 and hurries back to the place where it rises again. 1
Cross References
Genesis 5:3When Adam had lived 130 years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and he called his name Seth.
Genesis 36:9These were the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
Exodus 1:6Then Joseph, all his brothers, and all that generation died.
Psalms 89:47Oh, think about how short my time is, 1 and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind! 1
Psalms 102:24I said, “My God, do not take me away in the middle of life; 1 you are here throughout all generations. 1
Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness lasts for all generations; 1 you have established the earth, and it remains. 1
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 →