Ecclesiastes 1:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever. [Ps. 119:90.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains as it always has.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:4 Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘My pilgrimage  has lasted for 130 years. My years have been few and hard,  and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.’

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?  Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?

Zechariah 1:5

Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live for ever?

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away,   but my words will never pass away.

Luke 20:32

Finally, the woman died too.