Compare Translations for Ecclesiastes 1:4

4 One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains as it always has.
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains as it always has.
4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
4 One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the eretz remains forever.
4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes, but the earth abides for ever.
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
4 One generation passeth away , and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever.
4 One generation goes its way, the next one arrives, but nothing changes - it's business as usual for old planet earth.
4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
4 [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
4 One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
4 A generation passeth away, [and] another generation cometh; but the earth standeth without end. (One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth endureth forever.)
4 A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

Ecclesiastes 1:4 Commentaries