Ecclesiastes 1:4

New English Translation

A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”

Psalm 104:5

He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For no one knows what is best for a person during his life – during the few days of his fleeting life – for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

Zechariah 1:5

“As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

Matthew 24:35

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

Luke 20:32

Finally the woman died too.