Bible verse
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 1:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 1.
1 These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
6 The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
7 All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
KJV
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
ASV
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
ERV
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.
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