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Ecclesiastes 1

Eccl. 1:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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One generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
passeth away
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
, and another generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
: but the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
abideth
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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One generation.
Eccl. 6:12• 12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun? (Eccl. 6:12)
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Gen. 5:3‑31• 3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.
 4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
 5And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
 6And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
 7And Seth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
 8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
 9And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.
 10And Enosh lived after he had begotten Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
 11And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
 12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalaleel.
 13And Cainan lived after he had begotten Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
 14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
 15And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.
 16And Mahalaleel lived after he had begotten Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
 17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.
 18And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.
 19And Jared lived after he had begotten Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
 20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
 21And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methushelah.
 22And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
 23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
 24And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
 25And Methushelah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lemech.
 26And Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.
 27And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
 28And Lemech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot a son.
 29And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.
 30And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters.
 31And all the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died. (Gen. 5:3‑31)
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Gen. 11:20‑32• 20And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
 21And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
 22And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
 23And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
 24And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
 25And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
 26And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
 27And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
 28And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.
 29And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
 30And Sarai was barren: she had no child.
 31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
 32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran. (Gen. 11:20‑32)
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Gen. 36:9‑19• 9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in mount Seir.
 10These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah the wife of Esau; Reuel, the son of Basmath the wife of Esau.
 11--And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
 12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
 13--And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basmath Esau's wife.
 14--And these are the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush and Jaalam and Korah.
 15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
 16chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
 17And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basmath Esau's wife.
 18--And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah; these are the chiefs of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
 19These are the sons of Esau, and these their chiefs: he is Edom. (Gen. 36:9‑19)
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Gen. 47:9• 9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they do not attain to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojourning. (Gen. 47:9)
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Ex. 1:6‑7• 6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them. (Ex. 1:6‑7)
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Ex. 6:16‑27• 16And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
 17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
 18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty-three years.
 19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
 20And Amram took Jochebed his aunt as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
 21And the sons of Jizhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zicri.
 22And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
 23And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
 24And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.
 25And Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
 26This is that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
 27These are they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: this is that Moses and Aaron. (Ex. 6:16‑27)
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Psa. 89:47‑48• 47Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
 48What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. (Psa. 89:47‑48)
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Psa. 90:9‑10• 9For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a passing thought.
 10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psa. 90:9‑10)
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Zech. 1:5• 5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? (Zech. 1:5)
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Psa. 102:24‑28• 24I said, My *God, take me not away in the midst of my days! … Thy years are from generation to generation.
 25Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
 26*They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.
 27But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end.
 28The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee. (Psa. 102:24‑28)
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Psa. 104:5• 5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever. (Psa. 104:5)
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Psa. 119:90‑91• 90Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
 91By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants. (Psa. 119:90‑91)
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Matt. 24:35• 35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. (Matt. 24:35)
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2 Peter 3:10‑13• 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
 11All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt?
 13But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness. (2 Peter 3:10‑13)
• At once he is struck with that “law of circuit” that is stamped on everything: generation follows generation; but no new earth, that remains ever the same. (“Ecclesiastes 1: Old Groans and New Songs” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.