Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
Cross References
Genesis 5:3Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
Genesis 36:9This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:
Exodus 1:6Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
Psalms 102:24I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
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 →