Ecclesiastes 1:4

Hebrew	דּ֤וֹר הֹלֵךְ֙ וְד֣וֹר בָּ֔א וְהָאָ֖רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 לְעוֹלָ֥ם עֹמָֽדֶת
ESV	A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
NIV	Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
NLT	Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.
LXX	γενεὰ πορεύεται καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” γενεὰ ἔρχεται καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἡplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γῆplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 εἰς τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article αἰῶνα ἕστηκεν
KJV	One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

^{Ecclesiastes 1:3 ← Ecclesiastes 1:4 → Ecclesiastes 1:5}

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