Ecclesiastes 1:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.

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  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heauen and earth shall passe away: but my wordes shall not passe away.
  • Zech 1:5 : 5 your fathers, where are they? and doe the Prophets liue for euer?
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 (7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
  • 2 Pet 3:10-13 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp. 11 Seeing therefore that all these thinges must be dissolued, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlinesse, 12 Looking for, and hasting vnto the comming of that day of God, by the which the heauens being on fire, shall be dissolued, and the elements shall melt with heate? 13 But wee looke for newe heauens, and a newe earth, according to his promes, wherein dwelleth righteousnesse.
  • Ps 119:90-91 : 90 Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. 91 They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
  • Ps 90:9-9 : 9 For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought. 10 The time of our life is threescore yeeres and ten, and if they be of strength, fourescore yeeres: yet their strength is but labour and sorowe: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away.
  • Ps 102:24-28 : 24 And I sayd, O my God, take me not away in the middes of my dayes: thy yeeres endure from generation to generation. 25 Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: euen they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. 27 But thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not fayle. 28 The children of thy seruants shall continue, and their seede shall stand fast in thy sight.
  • Gen 5:3-9 : 3 Nowe Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a childe in his owne likenes after his image, and called his name Sheth. 4 And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters. 5 So all the dayes that Adam liued, were nine hundreth and thirtie yeeres: and he died. 6 And Sheth liued an hundreth and fiue yeeres, and begate Enosh. 7 And Sheth liued, after he begate Enosh, eight hundreth and seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 8 So all the dayes of Sheth were nine hundreth and twelue yeeres: and he died. 9 Also Enosh liued ninetie yeeres, and begate Kenan. 10 And Enosh liued, after he begate Kenan, eight hundreth and fifteene yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 11 So all the dayes of Enosh were nine hundreth and fiue yeeres: and he died 12 Likewise Kenan liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Mahalaleel. 13 And Kenan liued, after he begate Mahalaleel, eight hundreth and fourtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 14 So all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and tenne yeeres: and he died. 15 Mahalaleel also liued sixtie & fiue yeres, and begate Iered. 16 Also Mahalaleel liued, after he begate Iered, eight hundreth and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 17 So all the dayes of Mahalaleel were eight hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres: and he died. 18 And Iered liued an hundreth sixtie and two yeeres, and begate Henoch. 19 Then Iered liued, after he begate Henoch, eight hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 20 So all the dayes of Iered were nine hundreth sixtie and two yeeres: and he died. 21 Also Henoch liued sixtie & fiue yeeres, and begate Methushelah. 22 And Henoch walked with God, after he begate Methushelah, three hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 23 So all the dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeeres. 24 And Henoch walked with God, and he was no more seene: for God tooke him away. 25 Methushelah also liued an hundreth eightie and seuen yeeres, and begate Lamech. 26 And Methushelah liued, after he begate Lamech, seuen hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 27 So al the dayes of Methushelah were nine hundreth sixtie and nine yeeres: and he died. 28 Then Lamech liued an hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate a sonne, 29 And called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort vs concerning our worke and sorowe of our hands, as touching the earth, which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech liued, after he begate Noah, fiue hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 31 So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died.
  • Gen 11:20-32 : 20 Also Reu liued two and thirtie yeeres, and begate Serug. 21 So Reu liued, after he begate Serug, two hundreth & seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 22 Moreouer Serug liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Nahor. 23 And Serug liued, after he begate Nahor, two hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 24 And Nahor liued nine and twentie yeeres, and begate Terah. 25 So Nahor liued, after he begate Terah, an hundreth and nineteene yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters. 26 So Terah liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 Nowe these are the generations of Terah: Terah begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begate Lot. 28 Then Haran died before Terah his father in the land of his natiuitie, in Vr of the Caldees. 29 So Abram and Nahor tooke them wiues. The name of Abrams wife was Sarai, & the name of Nahors wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren, and had no childe. 31 Then Terah tooke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran, his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife: and they departed together from Vr of the Caldees, to goe into the land of Canaan, and they came to Haran, and dwelt there. 32 So the dayes of Terah were two hundreth and fiue yeeres, and Terah died in Haran.
  • Gen 36:9-9 : 9 So these are the generations of Esau father of Edom in mount Seir. 10 These are the names of Esaus sonnes: Eliphaz, the sonne of Adah, the wife of Esau, & Reuel the sonne of Bashemath, the wife of Esau. 11 And the sonnes of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esaus sonne, and bare vnto Eliphaz, Amalek: these be the sonnes of Adah Esaus wife. 13 And these are the sonnes of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sonnes of Bashemath Esaus wife. 14 And these were the sonnes of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon Esaus wife: for she bare vnto Esau, Ieush, and Iaalam, and Korah. 15 These were Dukes of the sonnes of Esau: the sonnes of Eliphaz, the first borne of Esau: Duke Teman, Duke Omar, Duke Zepho, Duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, Duke Gatam, Duke Amalek: these are the Dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom: these were the sonnes of Adah. 17 And these are the sonnes of Reuel Esaus sonne: Duke Nahath, Duke Zerah, Duke Shammah, Duke Mizzah: these are the Dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom: these are the sonnes of Bashemath Esaus wife. 18 Likewise these were the sonnes of Aholibamah Esaus wife: Duke Ieush, Duke Iaalam, Duke Korah: these Dukes came of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah Esaus wife. 19 These are the children of Esau, and these are the Dukes of them: This Esau is Edom.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 And Iaakob sayd vnto Pharaoh, The whole time of my pilgrimage is an hundreth & thirty yeeres: fewe and euill haue the dayes of my life bene, and I haue not attayned vnto the yeeres of the life of my fathers, in the dayes of their pilgrimages.
  • Exod 1:6-7 : 6 Nowe Ioseph died and all his brethren, and that whole generation. 7 And the children of Israel brought foorth fruite and encreased in aboundance, and were multiplied, and were exceeding mightie, so that the land was full of them.
  • Exod 6:16-27 : 16 These also are the names of the sonnes of Leui in their generations: Gershon & Kohath and Merari (and the yeres of the life of Leui were an hundreth thirtie and seuen yere) 17 The sonnes of Gershon were Libni and Shimi by their families. 18 And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, & Vzziel. (and Kohath liued an hundreth thirtie and three yeere) 19 Also the sonnes of Merari were Mahali & Mushi: these are ye families of Leui by their kinreds. 20 And Amram tooke Iochebed his fathers sister to his wife, and shee bare him Aaron and Moses (and Amram liued an hundreth thirtie and seuen yeere) 21 Also the sonnes of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sonnes of Vzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 And Aaron tooke Elisheba daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahashon to his wife, which bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 Also the sonnes of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. 25 And Eleazar Aarons sonne tooke him one of the daughters of Putiel to his wife, which bare him Phinehas: these are the principall fathers of the Leuites throughout their families. 26 These are Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, Bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, according to their armies. 27 These are that Moses and Aaron, which spake to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that they might bring the children of Israel out of Egypt.
  • Ps 89:47-48 : 47 Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men? 48 What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.

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    9 What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

    10 Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.

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    19 For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.

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    34 Verely I say vnto you, this generation shal not passe, till all these things be done.

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