4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.
4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
4 One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
1:4[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
1:4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
1:4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
1:4One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
1:4A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
1:4One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth stays for ever.