One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.
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Gill's Exposition
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh,.... This shows that a man can have no profit of all his labour under the sun, because of his short continuance; as soon almost as he has got…
Barnes' Notes
Vanity is shown in mankind, the elements, and all that moves on earth; the same course is repeated again and again without any permanent result or real progress; and events and people alike are…
To prove the vanity of all things under the sun, and their insufficiency to make us happy, Solomon here shows, 1. That the time of our enjoyment of these things is very short, and only while we…
Cambridge Bible
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh The sentence loses in strength by the words inserted in italics. Better, generation passeth and generation cometh. This is, as it were, the…
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