Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

A generation goes and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.

New American Standard Bible

A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.

King James Version

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

but the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Context Readings

All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious

3 What does a man gain for all his efforts
that he labors at under the sun?
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets;
panting, it returns to its place
where it rises.



Cross References

Psalm 104:5

He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken.

Genesis 5:3-31

Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

Genesis 11:20-32

Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.

Genesis 36:9-19

These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

Exodus 1:6-7

Then Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died.

Exodus 6:16-27

These are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their genealogy:
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Levi lived 137 years.

Psalm 89:47-48

Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?

Psalm 90:9-10

For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.

Psalm 102:24-28

I say: “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.

Psalm 119:90-91

Your faithfulness is for all generations;
You established the earth, and it stands firm.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

Zechariah 1:5

“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

2 Peter 3:10-13

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed.

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