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Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
Ecclesiastes 1:4 · Bible in Basic English
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Ecclesiastes 1:4 in other translations
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
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In context
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
3 What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
4 One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
5 The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
6 The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.
7 All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
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