Catholic Public Domain Version
"A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever."
— Ecclesiastes 1:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”
“One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever. ”
“One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.”
“A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.”
“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.”
“One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.”
“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,
it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.