4One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth stays for ever.


In Context

1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

2 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

3 What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun?

4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth stays for ever.

5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to his place where he arose.

6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns about to the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to his circuits.

Ecclesiastes 1:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.