Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.In other versions
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
ASV
One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
BBE
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
DBY
One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
WEB
A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
YLT
One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides for ever.
ENG
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
WBT
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
BSB
In context
2Vanity 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?
4One 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.
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.