Ecclesiastes 1:4
Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age-abiding, remaineth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In Context
3What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?
Cross References
Genesis 5:3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his likeness after his image,—and called his name Seth:
Genesis 36:9And, these, are the generations of Esau father of Edom,—in Mount Seir.
Exodus 1:6So then Joseph died and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Psalms 89:47Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?
Psalms 102:24I said, O my GOD, do not remove me in the midst of my days, Throughout the generation of generations, are thy years;
Psalms 119:90To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
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 →