Ecclesiastes 1:4
דּוֹר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֹר בָּא וְהָאָרֶץ לְעוֹלָם עֹמָֽדֶת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3מַה ־ יִּתְרוֹן לָֽאָדָם בְּכָל ־ עֲמָלוֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹל תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃
5וְזָרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וּבָא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְאֶל ־ מְקוֹמוֹ שׁוֹאֵף זוֹרֵחַֽ הוּא שָֽׁם ׃
Cross References
Genesis 5:3וַֽיְחִי אָדָם שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ שֵֽׁת ׃
Genesis 36:9וְאֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת עֵשָׂו אֲבִי אֱדוֹם בְּהַר שֵׂעִֽיר ׃
Exodus 1:6וַיָּמָת יוֹסֵף וְכָל ־ אֶחָיו וְכֹל הַדּוֹר הַהֽוּא ׃
Psalms 89:47עַד ־ מָה יְהוָה תִּסָּתֵר לָנֶצַח תִּבְעַר כְּמוֹ ־ אֵשׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ ׃
Psalms 102:24עִנָּה בַדֶּרֶךְ כחו קִצַּר יָמָֽי ׃
Psalms 119:90לְדֹר וָדֹר אֱמֽוּנָתֶךָ כּוֹנַנְתָּ אֶרֶץ וַֽתַּעֲמֹֽד ׃
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 →