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..