King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 1:4
“[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 1
2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6
The 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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