One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
YLT
A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
ASV
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
DBT
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).