Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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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 profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?
4
But the
Cross References
Psalm 104:5
You established the earth upon its foundations, so that it will not be unstable forever.
Genesis 5:3-31
When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
Genesis 11:20-32
When Reu lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
Genesis 36:9-19
This is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob answered: My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings.
Exodus 1:6-7
Joseph, all his brothers, and that entire generation died.
Exodus 6:16-27
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. Levi lived one hundred and thirty-seven years.
Psalm 89:47-48
Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason?
Psalm 90:9-10
Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh.
Psalm 102:24-28
I say: O my God, do not take me away in the middle of my days, your years are throughout all generations.
Psalm 119:90-91
Your faithfulness is throughout all generations. You established the earth, and it stands.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who knows what is good for man in this life? Are all the days of his vain life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after his existence under the sun?
Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they?' The prophets, do they live forever?
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
2 Peter 3:10-13
The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)