Ecclesiastes 1:4

New American Bible - revised edition

One generation departs and another generation comes, but the world forever stays.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob replied: “The years I have lived as a wayfarer amount to a hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been these years of my life, and they do not compare with the years that my ancestors lived as wayfarers.”

Psalm 104:5

You fixed the earth on its foundation, so it can never be shaken.

Psalm 125:1

A song of ascents. Those trusting in the Lord are like Mount Zion, unshakable, forever enduring.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for mortals in life, the limited days of their vain life, spent like a shadow? Because who can tell them what will come afterward under the sun?

Zechariah 1:5

Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, can they live forever?

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. The Unknown Day and Hour.

Luke 20:32

Finally the woman also died.