Ecclesiastes 1:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
In context
2 “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
3 What does a 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; it hurries back to where it rises.
6 The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
Ecclesiastes 1:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
- KJV King James Version
- One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
- WEB World English Bible
- One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
- ASV American Standard Version
- One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
- DBY Darby Translation
- [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
- WBS Webster Bible
- One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.