Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet the Preacher opens with the declaration 'Vanity of vanities! All is vanity' and surveys the relentless cycles of nature — sun rising and setting, rivers running to the sea — as evidence that there is nothing new under the …
Other Translations
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
Cross References
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he …
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all …
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, …
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of …