Ecclesiastes 1:4 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
English ASV
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
English Amplified
One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever. [Ps. 119:90.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever. [Ps. 119:90.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
English EASY 2024
Old people die and then their children live after them. But the earth continues and it never changes.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
People live and people die, but the earth continues forever.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Generations come and generations go, but the world stays just the same.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Generations come, and generations go, but the earth lasts forever.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
English KJV 1611
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
English LSB
A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth stands forever.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
A generation comes, and a generation goes, but the earth continually remains.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
One generation passes and another comes, but the world forever stays.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
People come and people go. But the earth remains forever.
English NIV
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
English NKJ 1982
One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.
English NLT
Generations come and go, but nothing really changes.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Generations come and go, but it makes no difference.
English Tyndale 1537
One generation passeth away, another cometh, but the earth abideth still.