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Ecclesiastes 1

Eccl. 1:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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One generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
passeth away
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
, and another generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
: but the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
abideth
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, 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
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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One generation.
Eccl. 6:12• 12For who knoweth what is good for man in life,{HR}All the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?{HR}For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? (Eccl. 6:12)
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Gen. 5:3‑31• 3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his likeness, after his image, and called his name Sheth.
 4And Adam's days after he begat Sheth were eight hundred years; and he begat sons and daughters.
 5And all Adam's days which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
 6And Sheth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enoch .
 7And Sheth lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
 8And all Sheth's days were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
 9And Enoch lived ninety years and begat Kenan.
 10And Enoch lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
 11And all Enoch's days were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
 12And Kenan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel.
 13And Kenan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.
 14And all Kenan's days were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
 15And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begat Jared.
 16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
 17And all Mahalaleel's days were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.
 18And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begat Enoch.
 19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
 20And all Jared's days were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
 21And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begat Methushelah.
 22And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
 23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
 24And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
 25And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years and begat Lamech;
 26and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters.
 27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
 28And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty-two years and begat a son;
 29and he called his name Noah, saying, This [one] shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning toil of our hands because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
 30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters.
 31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died. (Gen. 5:3‑31)
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Gen. 11:20‑32• 20And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug;
 21and Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
 22And Serug lived thirty years and begot Nahor;
 23and Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
 24And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah;
 25and Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
 26And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
 27And these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran;
 28and Haran begot Lot. And Haran died before the face of Terah his father in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
 29And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarah; and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
 30And Sarah was barren; she [had] no child.
 31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot son of Haran, son of his son, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son; and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came as far as Charan, and dwelt there.
 32And the days of Terah were two hundred [and] five years; and Terah died in Charan. (Gen. 11:20‑32)
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Gen. 36:9‑19• 9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in mount Seir.
 10These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah the wife of Esau; Reuel, the son of Basmath the wife of Esau.
 11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
 12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
 13And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basmath Esau's wife.
 14And these are the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush and Jaalam and Korah.
 15These are the dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
 16duke Korah, duke Gatam, duke Amalek. These are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
 17And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Terah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah. These are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basmath Esau's wife.
 18And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife: duke Jeusb, duke Jaalam, duke Korah. These are the dukes that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
 19These are the sons of Esau, and these are their dukes: the same is Edom. (Gen. 36:9‑19)
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Gen. 47:9• 9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. (Gen. 47:9)
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Ex. 1:6‑7• 6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
 7And the children of Israel were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and became exceeding strong; and the land was filled with them. (Ex. 1:6‑7)
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Ex. 6:16‑27• 16And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
 17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
 18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty-three years.
 19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
 20And Amram took Jochebed his aunt as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
 21And the sons of Jizhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zicri.
 22And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
 23And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
 24And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.
 25And Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
 26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
 27These are they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: this is that Moses and Aaron. (Ex. 6:16‑27)
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Psa. 89:47‑48• 47Remember as to me what [is] life?{HR}Whyfor hast thou created all sons of man (Adam) vanity?
 48What man (geber) liveth and shall not see death?{HR}Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah. (Psa. 89:47‑48)
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Psa. 90:9‑10• 9For all our days are turned away in thy wrath:{HR}We spend our years as a thought.
 10The days of our years! in them [are] seventy years,{HR}And if by strength eighty years,{HR}Even their pride [is] trouble and mischief;{HR}For it is soon gone, and we fly away. (Psa. 90:9‑10)
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Zech. 1:5• 5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever? (Zech. 1:5)
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Psa. 102:24‑28• 24I said, O my God ,{HR}Take me not away in the midst of my days:{HR}In generation of generations [are] thy years.
 25Of old hast thou founded the earth,{HR}And the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
 26They shall perish, and thou shalt endure;{HR}And all of them as the garment shall wax old;{HR}As the vesture shalt thou change them,{HR}And they shall be changed.
 27But thou [art] the same (He),{HR}And thy years shall have no end.
 28The sons of thy servants shall continue,{HR}And their seed shall be established before thee. (Psa. 102:24‑28)
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Psa. 104:5• 5He founded earth on its bases:{HR}It shall not be removed ever and ever. (Psa. 104:5)
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Psa. 119:90‑91• 90To generation and generation [is] thy faithfulness.{HR}Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
 91By thine ordinances they stand today,{HR}For thy servants [are] the whole . (Psa. 119:90‑91)
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Matt. 24:35• 35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Matt. 24:35)
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2 Peter 3:10‑13• 10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up.
 11All these things being thus to be dissolved, of what sort ought ye to be in holy ways and godliness,
 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [day] heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and elements in fervent heat shall melt?
 13But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (2 Peter 3:10‑13)
• At once he is struck with that “law of circuit” that is stamped on everything: generation follows generation; but no new earth, that remains ever the same. (“Ecclesiastes 1: Old Groans and New Songs” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.

W. Kelly Translation

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Generation cometh and generation goeth,{HR}And the earth forever abideth.