Parallel Verses
Amplified
One generation goes and another 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.
International Standard Version
A generation goes, a generation comes, 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.
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 advantage does man have from all his work
Which he does
One generation goes and another generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
And hurries to the place where it rises again.
Cross References
Psalm 104:5
He established the earth on its foundations,
So that it will not be moved forever and ever.
Genesis 5:3-31
When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he
Genesis 11:20-32
When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
Genesis 36:9-19
These are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The
Exodus 1:6-7
Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation,
Exodus 6:16-27
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their births: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and Levi lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.
Psalm 89:47-48
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
Psalm 90:9-10
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
Psalm 102:24-28
I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.
Psalm 119:90-91
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;
You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who [
Zechariah 1:5
“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Matthew 24:35
2 Peter 3:10-13
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be