Ecclesiastes 1:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People come, and people go, but still the world never changes.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered, “I have lived only a hundred and thirty years, and I have had to move from place to place. My parents and my grandparents also had to move from place to place. But they lived much longer, and their life was not as hard as mine.”

Psalm 104:5

You built foundations for the earth, and it will never be shaken.

Psalm 125:1

Everyone who trusts the LORD is like Mount Zion that cannot be shaken and will stand for ever.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?

Zechariah 1:5

Where are your ancestors now? Not even prophets live for ever.

Matthew 24:35

The sky and the earth won't last for ever, but my words will.

Luke 20:32

At last the woman died.