Ecclesiastes 1:4
King James Version (KJV)
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
In context
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Ecclesiastes 1:4 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Generations come and generations go, 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.