4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
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 remains 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 Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens
5 The sun comes up and the sun goes down, then does it again, and again - the same old round.
5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again.
(Read Ecclesiastes 1:4-8)
All things change, and never rest. Man, after all his labour, is no nearer finding rest than the sun, the wind, or the current of the river. His soul will find no rest, if he has it not from God. The senses are soon tired, yet still craving what is untried.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:4
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:4-8
(Read Ecclesiastes 1:4-8)
All things change, and never rest. Man, after all his labour, is no nearer finding rest than the sun, the wind, or the current of the river. His soul will find no rest, if he has it not from God. The senses are soon tired, yet still craving what is untried.