Verse 4

One generation passeth away, another commeth: but the earth abideth styll.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations: that it can neuer moue at any tyme.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heauen and earth shall passe away but my wordes shall not passe away.
  • Zech 1:5 : 5 What is nowe become of your forefathers? & do the prophetes liue for euer?
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?
  • 2 Pet 3:10-13 : 10 Neuerthelesse the day of the Lorde wyll come as a theefe in the nyght, in the which the heauens shal passe away with a noyse, and the elementes shall melt with heate, the earth also and the workes that are therein shall burne. 11 Seyng then that all these thynges shall perisshe, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlynesse: 12 Lokyng for, and hastyng vnto the comyng of the day of God, by whom the heauens shall perishe with fire, and the elementes shall melt with heate? 13 Neuerthelesse, we accordyng to his promise, loke for a newe heauen, and a newe earth, wherein dwelleth ryghteousnesse.
  • Ps 119:90-91 : 90 Thy trueth appeareth to euery generation: thou hast layde the foundation of the earth, and it shall continue. 91 All thynges continue this day accordyng to thine ordinaunce: for all thinges be thy seruauntes.
  • Ps 90:9-9 : 9 For all our dayes do passe in thine anger: we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde. 10 The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it.
  • Ps 102:24-28 : 24 But I say, O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age: as for thy yeres, they endure throughout all generations. 25 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy handes. 26 They shall perishe, but thou wylt remayne styll: they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment, and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged. 27 But thou art, and thy yeres can not fayle: 28 the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell, and their seede shalbe maynteyned in thy syght.
  • Gen 5:3-9 : 3 And Adam lyued an hundreth and thirtie yeres, and begate a sonne in his owne lykenesse, after his image, & called his name Seth. 4 Al the dayes of Adam after he had begotten Seth, were eyght hudreth yeres, and he begat sonnes and daughters. 5 And all the dayes that Adam lyued were nine hundreth and thirtie yeres, and he dyed. 6 Seth lyued an hundreth & fyue yeres, and begat Enos. 7 And Seth lyued after he begat Enos eyght hundreth and seuen yeres, and begat sonnes and daughters. 8 And all the dayes of Seth were nine hundreth & twelue yeres, and he dyed. 9 Enos lyued ninetie yeres, and begate Kenan. 10 And Enos lyued after he begate Kenan eyght hundreth & fiftie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 11 And all the dayes of Enos were nine hundreth & fyue yeres, and he dyed. 12 Kenan lyued seuentie yeres, and begate Mahalaleel. 13 And Kenan liued after he begate Mahalaleel eyght hudreth & fourtie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 14 And all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and ten yeres, and he dyed. 15 Mahalaleel liued sixtie and fiue yeres, and begate Iered. 16 And againe Mahalaleel liued after he begate Iered eyght hundreth & thirtie yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters. 17 And al the dayes of Mahalaleel, were eyght hundreth ninetie and fiue yeres, and he dyed. 18 Iered lyued an hundreth sixtie & two yeres, and he begate Henoch. 19 And Iered liued after he begat Henoch, eyght hundreth yeres, & begate sonnes and daughters. 20 And all the dayes of Iered were nine hundreth sixtie and two yeres, & he died. 21 Henoch lyued sixtie and fiue yeres, & begate Methuselah. 22 And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters. 23 And al ye dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeres. 24 And Henoch walked with God: and he was no more seene, for God toke him away. 25 Methuselah also lyued an hundreth eyghtie and seue yeres, and begate Lamech. 26 And agayne Methusalah lyued after he begat Lamech seue hundreth eightie and two yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 27 And all the dayes of Methuselah were nine hundreth sixtie & nine yeres, and he dyed. 28 Lamech liued an hundreth eyghtie & two yeres, and begate a sonne, 29 And called his name Noah, saying: This same shall comfort vs as concerning our worke, & sorowe of our handes about the earth, which God cursed. 30 And Lamech lyued after he begat Noah, fiue hudreth ninetie & fiue yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 31 And all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seue yeres, and he dyed.
  • Gen 11:20-32 : 20 And Reu liued two and thirtie yeres, and begat Serug. 21 And Reu lyued after he begat Serug two hundreth and seuen yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters. 22 And Serug liued thirtie yere, and begat Nachor. 23 And Serug liued after he begat Nachor, two hundreth yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters. 24 And Nachor lyued nyne and twentie yeres, and begat Tarah. 25 And Nachor liued after he begat Tarah an hundreth and nineteene yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters. 26 Tarah liued seuentie yeres, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran. 27 These are the generations of Tarah: Tarah begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran: Haron begat Lot. 28 And Haran dyed in the presence of his father Tarah, in the lande of his natiuitie, euen in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 Abram & Nachor toke them wiues: the name of Abrams wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachors wyfe, was Milcha, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcha, & the father of Iischa. 30 But Sarai was baren, and had no chylde. 31 And Tarah toke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wyfe, and they departed together from Ur of the Chaldees, that they myght go into the land of Chanaan: and they came vnto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the dayes of Tarah, were two hundreth and fiue yeres, and Tarah died in Haran.
  • Gen 36:9-9 : 9 These are the generations of Esau, father of the Edomites in mount Seir. 10 And these are the names of Esaus sonnes: Eliphas the sonne of Ada, the wyfe of Esau, and Rehuel the sonne of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sonnes of Eliphas, were Theman, Omar, Sepho, and Gatham, and Cenaz. 12 And Thimna was concubine to Eliphas Esaus sonne, and bare vnto Eliphas Amalec: and these be the sonnes of Ada Esaus wife. 13 And these are the sonnes of Rehuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Samma, and Mizza: these were ye sonnes of Basemath Esaus wyfe. 14 And these were the sonnes of Aholibama the daughter of Ana, daughter of Sebeon Esaus wife: and she bare vnto Esau, Iehus, and Ialam and Corah. 15 These were dukes of the sonnes of Esau. The children of Eliphas the first borne sonne of Esau were these. 16 Duke Theman, duke Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenaz, and duke Corah, duke Gatham, & duke Amalec: these are the dukes that came of Eliphas in the lande of Edom, and these were the sonnes of Ada. 17 These also are the children of Rehuel Esaus sonne: duke Nahath, duke Serah, duke Samma, duke Mizza. These are the dukes that came of Rehuel, in the lande of Edom: and these are the sonnes of Basemath Esaus wyfe. 18 These were the chyldren of Aholibama Esaus wyfe: duke Iehus, duke Ialam, duke Corah: these dukes came of Aholibama the daughter of Ana Esaus wyfe. 19 These are the chyldren of Esau, and these are the dukes of them, whiche Esau is Edom.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 Iacob sayd vnto Pharao, The dayes of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirtie yeres: Fewe and euill haue the dayes of my life ben, and haue not attayned vnto the yeres of ye lyfe of my fathers, in the dayes of theyr pilgrimage.
  • Exod 1:6-7 : 6 But Ioseph was in Egypt alredy, & Ioseph dyed, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them.
  • Exod 6:16-27 : 16 These also are the names of the chyldren of Leui in their generations: Gerson, and Cehath, and Merari: Leui liued an hundred thirtie and seuen yere. 17 The sonnes of Gerson: Libni, and Simi by their kinredes. 18 The chyldren of Cehath: Amram, & Ishar, and Hebron, and Uziel. And Cehath liued an hundred thirtie and three yere. 19 The children of Merari: Mahli, and Musi: these are the kinredes of Leui by their geuerations. 20 Amram toke Iochebed his fathers sister to wyfe, and she bare hym Aaron and Moyses: and Amram liued an hundred and thirtie and seuen yeres. 21 And the chyldren of Ishar: Corah, Nepheg, and Sichri. 22 The chyldren of Usiel: Misael, Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron toke Eliseba, daughter of Aminadab, and sister of Nahason to wyfe, whiche bare hym Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The chyldren of Corah: Assir, and Elcanah, and Abiasaph: these are the kinredes of the Corahites. 25 Eleazar Aarons sonne, toke him one of the daughters of Putiel to wyfe, whiche bare hym Phinces: and these are the principal fathers of the Leuites throughout their kinredes. 26 This is that Aaron and Moyses to whom the Lorde sayd: Leade the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt, according to theyr armies. 27 These are that Moyses and Aaron, which spake to Pharao king of Egypt, that they might bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt.
  • Ps 89:47-48 : 47 Remember what I am, howe short my tyme is of lyfe: wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men? 48 What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death? can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell? Selah.