Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”
Ecclesiastes 1:4 - Easy To Read Version People live and people die. But the earth continues forever. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever. [Ps. 119:90.] American Standard Version (1901) One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever. Common English Bible A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains as it always has. Catholic Public Domain Version A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever. |
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”
God, you built the earth on its foundations,\par so it will never be destroyed.\par
People who trust in the Lord\par will be like Mount Zion.\par They will never be shaken.\par They will continue forever.\par
Who knows what is best for a person during his short life on earth? His life passes like a shadow. No one can tell him what will happen later.
God said, “Your ancestors are gone. And those prophets did not live forever.
The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed!