Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
A generation goes, a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
New American Standard Bible
But the
King James Version
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Holman Bible
but the earth remains forever.
A Conservative Version
One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth abides forever.
American Standard Version
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
Amplified
One generation goes and another generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.
Bible in Basic English
One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
Darby Translation
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
A generation went away, and a generation came: and the earth stood forever.
King James 2000
One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever.
Modern King James verseion
A generation passes away, and a generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
One generation passeth away, another cometh, but the earth abideth still.
NET Bible
A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.
New Heart English Bible
One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
The Emphasized Bible
Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age-abiding, remaineth.
Webster
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
World English Bible
One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
Youngs Literal Translation
A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious
3 What does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth? 4 A generation goes, a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose.
Cross References
Psalm 104:5
He established the earth on its foundations, so that it never falters.
Genesis 5:3-31
After Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son just like him, that is, according to his own likeness, and named him Seth.
Genesis 11:20-32
When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.
Genesis 36:9-19
This is a record of the family history of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites of Mount Seir.
Genesis 47:9
"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."
Exodus 1:6-7
Then Joseph, all his brothers, and that entire generation died.
Exodus 6:16-27
These are the names of Levi's sons according to their genealogies: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
Psalm 89:47-48
Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!
Psalm 90:9-10
All our days pass away in your wrath; our years fade away and end like a sigh.
Psalm 102:24-28
I say, "My God, whose years continue through all generations, do not take me in the middle of my life.
Psalm 119:90-91
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation. You established the earth, and it stands firm.
Zechariah 1:5
"Your ancestors where are they? And the prophets do they live forever?
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear."
2 Peter 3:10-13
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will disappear with a roaring sound, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be exposed.