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Ecclesiastes 1:4 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 1 · verse 4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.Ecclesiastes 1:4 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:4 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- generationdôwrproperly, a revolution of timeH1755 →
- abidethʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- comethbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- awayhâlakto walkH1980 →
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To prove the vanity of all things under the sun, and their insufficiency to make us happy, Solomon here shows, 1. That the time of our enjoyment of these things is very short, and only while we accomplish as a hireling his day.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-8