Ecclesiastes 1:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
A generationדֹּ֤ור
(do·vr)
1755: period, generation, dwellingfrom dur
goesהֹלֵךְ֙
(ho·lech)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
and a generationוְדֹ֣ור
(ve·do·vr)
1755: period, generation, dwellingfrom dur
comes,בָּ֔א
(ba,)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
But the earthוְהָאָ֖רֶץ
(ve·ha·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
remainsעֹמָֽדֶת׃
(o·ma·det.)
5975: to take one's stand, standa prim. root
forever.לְעֹולָ֥ם
(le·'o·v·lam)
5769: long duration, antiquity, futurityfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
One generation
dowr  (dore)
a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling -- age, evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
passeth away
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
and another generation
dowr  (dore)
a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling -- age, evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
cometh
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
but the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
abideth
`amad  (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
for ever
`owlam  (o-lawm')
concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.

King James Bible
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

International Standard Version
A generation goes, a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

NET Bible
A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Generations come, and generations go, but the earth lasts forever.

King James 2000 Bible
One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever.
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