Ecclesiastes 1:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

One generacio passeth awaye, another commeth, but the earth abydeth still.

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  • Ps 104:5 : 5 Thou hast layed ye earth vpon hir foundacion, that it neuer moueth at eny tyme.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heauen and earth shal perishe, but my wordes shal not perishe.
  • Zech 1:5 : 5 What is now become of youre forefathers and the prophetes? are they yet still alyue?
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?
  • 2 Pet 3:10-13 : 10 Neuertheles the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in the night: in the which (daye) the heauens shal perishe with a greate noyse, and the Elementes shal melte with heate, and the earth and ye workes that are therin, shal burne. 11 Yf all these thinges shal perishe, what maner persons then ought ye to be in holy couersacion and godlynes, 12 lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE? In the which the heauens shal perishe with fyre, and the elementes shal melt with heate. 13 Neuertheles we loke for a new heauen and a new earth (acordynge to his promes) wherin dwelleth righteousnes.
  • Ps 119:90-91 : 90 Thy treuth also remayneth from one generacion to another: thou hast layed the foundacion of the earth, and it abydeth. 91 They cotinue this daye acordinge to thy ordinaunce, for all thinges serue the.
  • Ps 90:9-9 : 9 For when thou art angrie, all or dayes are gone, we brynge or yeares to an ende, as it were a tayle that is tolde. 10 The dayes of oure age are iij. score yeares & ten: & though men be so stronge that they come to iiij. score yeares, yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, & we are gone.
  • Ps 102:24-28 : 24 Yet wil I saye: O my God, take me not awaye in ye myddest of myne age: as for thy yeares, they endure thorow out all generacions. 25 Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed ye foundacion of the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes. 26 They shal perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment, 27 & as a vesture shalt thou chaunge the, and they shalbe chaunged. But thou art the same, and thy yeares shal not fayle. 28 The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue, & their sede shal prospere in yi sight.
  • Gen 5:3-9 : 3 And Adam was an hundreth and thirtie yeare olde, and begat a sonne, which was like his owne ymage, and called his name Seth: 4 & lyued therafter eight hudreth yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 5 And his whole age was nyne hundreth and thirtie yeares, and so he dyed. 6 Seth was an hundreth and fyue yeare olde, and begat Enos: 7 & lyued therafter eight hundreth and seuen yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 8 And his whole age was nyene hudreth and twolue yeares, and so he dyed. 9 Enos was nyentie yeare olde, and begat Renan: 10 and lyued therafter eight hundreth & fyftene yeare, and begat sonnes & daughters. 11 And his whole age was nyene hudreth and fyue yeares, and so he dyed. 12 Renan was seuetie yeare olde, and begat Mahalaliel: 13 and lyued therafter eight hundreth and fourtie yeare, and begat sonnes & doughters. 14 And his whole age was nyene hundreth and ten yeares, and so he dyed. 15 Mahalaliel was thre score yeare olde & fyue, 16 and begat Iared: and lyued therafter eight hundreth and thirtie yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 17 And his whole age was eight hundreth, nyentie and fyue yeares, and so he dyed. 18 Iared was an hundreth and two & sixtie yeare olde, and begat Henoch: 19 & lyued therafter eight hudreth yeare, and begat sonnes & doughters. 20 And his whole age was nyene hundreth and two and sixtie yeare, and so he dyed. 21 Henoch was fyue and thre score yeare olde, and begat Mathusalah: 22 and led a godly conuersacion thre hundreth yeares therafter, and begat sonnes & doughters. 23 And his whole age was thre hundreth and fyue and thre score yeares. 24 And for so moch as he lyued a godly life, God toke him awaye, & he was nomore sene. 25 Mathusalah was an uhdreth & seue and foure score yeare olde, & begat Lamech: 26 and lyued therafter seuen hundreth and two and foure score yeare, and begat sonnes & doughters. 27 And his whole age was nyene hundreth and nyene and trescore yeares, and so he dyed. 28 Lamech was an hundreth and two and foure score yeare olde, and begat a sonne, 29 & called him Noe, and sayde: This same shall coforte vs in oure workes, and in the sorowe of oure hondes vpon the earth, which the LORDE hath cursed. 30 After this he lyued fyue hudreth and fyue & nyentie yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 31 And his whole age was seuen hundreth seuen and seuentie yeares, and so he dyed.
  • Gen 11:20-32 : 20 Regu was two and thirtie yeare olde, and begat Serug, 21 and lyued therafter two hundreth and seuen yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 22 Serug was thirtie yeare olde, and begat Nahor, 23 and lyued therafter two hundreth yeare, and begat sonnes & doughters. 24 Nahor was nyene and twentye yeare olde, and begat Terah, 25 and lyued herafter an hundreth and nyentene yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters. 26 Terah was seuentie yeare olde, and begat Abram, Nahor and Haran. 27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran begat Lot, 28 but Hara dyed before Terah his father in ye londe where he was borne, at Vr in Chaldea. 29 Then Abram and Nahor toke them wyues. Abrams wife was called Sarai, & Nahors wyfe Milca the doughter of Haran, which was father of Milca and Iisca. 30 But Sarai was baren, and had no childe. 31 Then toke Terah Abra his sonne, & Lot his sonne Harans sonne, & Sarai his doughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, & caried them wt him from Vr in Chaldea, to go in to the lande of Canaan. And they came to Haran, & dwelt there. 32 And Terah was two hundreth & fyue yeare olde, and dyed in Haran.
  • Gen 36:9-9 : 9 This is ye generacio of Esau, of who are come ye Edomites vpon ye mount Seir. 10 And these are ye names of the childre of Esau: Eliphas ye sonne of Ada Esaus wife: Reguel ye sonne of Basmath Esaus wife: 11 The sonnes of Eliphas were these: Theman, Omar, Zepho, Gaetham & Kenas. 12 And Thimna was a concubyne of Elyphas ye sonne of Esau, and bare him Amaleck. These are ye children of Ada Esaus wyfe. 13 The children of Reguel are these: Nahath Serah, Samma, Misa. These are the children of Basmath Esaus wife. 14 The children of Ahalibama Esaus wife the doughter of Ana, that was the childes childe of Zibeon (which she bare vnto Esau) are these: Ieus, Iaelam and Korah. 15 These are the prynces amoge the childre of Esau. The children of Eliphas the first sonne of Esau, were these: The prynce Theman, ye prynce Omar, the prynce Zepho, the prynce Kenas, 16 the prynce Korah, the prynce Gaethan, the prynce Amaleck. These are the prynces of Eliphas in the lade of Edo, and are the children of Ada. 17 And these are the children of Roguel Esaus sonne: ye prynce Nahath, ye prynce Serah, ye prynce Sama, ye prynce Misa. These are ye prynces of Reguel in ye londe of ye Edomites, & they are ye children of Basmath Esaus wife. 18 These are the children of Ahalibama Esaus wife: The prynce Ieus, ye prince Iaelam, the prynce Korah. These are the prynces of Ahalibama, ye doughter of Ana Esaus wife. 19 These are ye childre of Esau and their princes. He is Edom.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 Iacob sayde: The tyme of my pylgremage is an hudreth and thirtie yeares: litle and euell is the tyme of my pilgremage, and attayneth not vnto the tyme of my fathers in their pylgremages.
  • Exod 1:6-7 : 6 Now wha Ioseph was deed, and all his brethren, and all they that lyued at that tyme, 7 the children of Israel grewe, and increased, and multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie, so yt the lande was full of them.
  • Exod 6:16-27 : 16 These are the names of the childre of Leui in their generacios: Gerson, Rahath and Merari: Leui was an hundreth and seuen & thirtie yeare olde. 17 The children of Gerson are these: Libni and Semei in their generacions. 18 The childre of Rahath are these: Amram, Iezear, Hebron, Usiel. Rahath was an hundreth & thre & thirtie yeare olde. 19 The children of Merari are these: Maheli and Musi. These are ye generacions of Leui in their kynreds. 20 And Amram toke his vncles doughter Iochebed to wife, which bare him Aaron & Moses. Amram was an C. & vij. & thirtie yeare olde. 21 The childre of Iezear are these: Korah, Nepheg, Sichri. 22 The children of Vsiel are these: Misael, Elzaphan, Sithri. 23 Aaron toke Elizaba ye doughter of Aminadab Nahassons sisters to wife, which bare him Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar, Ithamar. 24 The childre of Korah are these: Assir, Elkana, & Abiassaph. These are ye generacios of ye Korahites. 25 Eleasar Aarons sonne toke one of the doughters of Putiel to wife, which bare him Phineas. These are the heades amonge the fathers of the generacions of the Leuites. 26 This is yt Aaron & Moses, vnto whom ye LORDE sayde: Bringe ye childre of Israel out of the lande of Egipte wt their armies. 27 It is they (namely Moses & Aaron) yt spake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte, yt they might brynge the children of Israel out of Egipte.
  • Ps 89:47-48 : 47 Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre? 48 O remembre how shorte my tyme is, hast thou made all men for naught?

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    5The Sone aryseth, the Sonne goeth downe, & returneth to his place, yt he maye there ryse vp agayne.

    6The wynde goeth towarde ye South, & fetcheth his copase aboute vnto the North, & so turneth in to himself agayne.

    7All floudes runne in to the see, & yet the see is not fylled: for loke vnto what place the waters runne, thence they come agayne.

    8All thinges are so harde, yt no ma can expresse them. The eye is not satisfied wt sight, the eare is not fylled wt hearinge.

    9The thinge yt hath bene, cometh to passe agayne: & ye thinge yt hath bene done, is done agayne, there is no new thinge vnder the Sonne.

    10Is there eny thinge, wherof it maye be sayde: lo, this is new? For it was loge agoo in the tymes yt haue bene before vs.

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    2All is but vanite (saieth ye preacher) all is but playne vanite.

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    15And I perceaued, yt all men lyuynge vnder the Sonne, go wt the seconde childe, that commeth vp in the steade of the other.

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    11they shal perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shal waxe olde as doth a garmet,

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    14I cosidered also yt what so euer God doth, it cotinueth for euer, & yt nothinge can be put vnto it ner take from it: & yt God doth it to ye intent, yt men shulde feare him.

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    19for it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, & as the one dyeth, so dyeth ye other: yee they haue both one maner of breth, so yt (in this) a man hath no preemynence aboue a beest, but all are subdued vnto vanite.

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    34Verely I saye vnto you: This generacion shal not passe, tyll all these be fulfylled.

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    26They shal perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment,

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    4For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but as yesterdaye that is past, and like as it were a night watch.

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    32Verely I saye vnto you: This generacio shal not passe, tyll all be fulfilled.

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    24For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse withereth, & the floure falleth awaye

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