Ecclesiastes 1:4 · KJV
“{One} generation passeth away, and {another} generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”
— Ecclesiastes 1:4
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. {hasteth: Heb. panteth}
Ecclesiastes 1 — Context
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all {is} vanity.
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4{One} generation passeth away, and {another} generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. {hasteth: Heb. panteth}
6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Cross References
Psalms 104:5
{Who} laid the foundations of the earth, {that} it should not be removed for ever. {Who...: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases}
Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where {are} they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knoweth what {is} good for man in {this} life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? {all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Psalms 119:90-91
Thy faithfulness {is} unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. {unto...: Heb. to generation and generation} {abideth: Heb. standeth}
2 Peter 3:10-13
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Psalms 102:24-28
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years {are} throughout all generations.
Psalms 89:47-48
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
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