Ecclesiastes 1:4

abideth = standeth still, as in first occurrence (Genesis 18:8 , Genesis 18:22 ; Genesis 19:27 . Joshua 18:5 .Psalms 119:90; Psalms 119:90 ).

for ever. Hebrew ' olam = for ages; 'olam occurs in Ecc. seven times: Ecclesiastes 1:4 , Ecclesiastes 1:10 ; Ecclesiastes 2:16 ; Ecclesiastes 3:11 , Ecclesiastes 3:14 ; Ecclesiastes 9:6 ; Ecclesiastes 12:5 . See the notes thereon.

It = the world in relation to time past and future: as we use it when we speak of the ancient world, the old world, the modern world, the world to come, the Roman world. -