Ecclesiastes 1:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ A generation passes away, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever.

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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

And Yaʽ

Psalm 104:5

He established the earth on its foundations, So that it would not totter forever,

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in יהוה  Are like Mount Tsiyon – It is not shaken, it remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his futile life, which he passes like a shadow? For who declares to man what shall be after him, under the sun?

Zechariah 1:5

“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Matthew 24:35

“The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.

Luke 20:32

“And last of all the woman died too.