OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 4

Ecclesiastes 1:4

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One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

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Ecclesiastes 1:1–7

1

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

2

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

3

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

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One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

5

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

6

The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

7

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

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