4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
1:4[One] generation passeth away, 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 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 goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth 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.