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OEB The generations come and go,
 ⇔ But evermore the earth abideth.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(2-11)Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That’s what the Quester says.]
  There’s nothing to anything—it’s all smoke.
What’s there to show for a lifetime of work,
  a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone?
One generation goes its way, the next one arrives,
  but nothing changes—it’s business as usual for old planet earth.
The sun comes up and the sun goes down,
  then does it again, and again—the same old round.
The wind blows south, the wind blows north.
  Around and around and around it blows,
  blowing this way, then that—the whirling, erratic wind.
All the rivers flow into the sea,
  but the sea never fills up.
The rivers keep flowing to the same old place,
  and then start all over and do it again.
Everything’s boring, utterly boring—
  no one can find any meaning in it.
Boring to the eye,
  boring to the ear.
What was will be again,
  what happened will happen again.
There’s nothing new on this earth.
  Year after year it’s the same old thing.
Does someone call out, “Hey, this is new”?
  Don’t get excited—it’s the same old story.
Nobody remembers what happened yesterday.
  And the things that will happen tomorrow?
Nobody’ll remember them either.
  Don’t count on being remembered.

NET A generation comes and a generation goes,
 ⇔ but the earth remains the same through the ages.

LSV A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth is standing for all time.

FBV People come, and people go, but the earth lasts forever!

T4T Each year old people die and babies are born,
 ⇔ but the earth never changes.

LEB  •  but the earth stands forever.

BBE One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.

ASV One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

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

YLT A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

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

RV One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever.

Wbstr One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

KJB-1769 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
   (One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh/comes: but the earth abideth/abides forever. )

KJB-1611 One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: [fn]but the earth abideth for euer.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

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Bshps One generation passeth away, another commeth: but the earth abideth styll.
   (One generation passeth away, another cometh/comes: but the earth abideth/abides still.)

Gnva One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.
   (One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth/remains forever. )

Cvdl One generacio passeth awaye, another commeth, but the earth abydeth still.
   (One generacio passeth away, another cometh/comes, but the earth abydeth still.)

Wycl Generacioun passith awei, and generacioun cometh; but the erthe stondith with outen ende.
   (Generacioun passith away, and generation cometh/comes; but the earth standeth/stands without end.)

Luth Ein Geschlecht vergehet, das andere kommt; die Erde aber bleibet ewiglich.
   (A Geschlecht vergehet, the other kommt; the earth but bleibet ewiglich.)

ClVg [Generatio præterit, et generatio advenit; terra autem in æternum stat.[fn]
   ([Generatio præterit, and generatio advenit; earth/land however in eternal stat. )

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