abideth = standeth still, as in first occurrence (Gen_18:8, Gen_18:22; Gen_19:27. Jos_18:5. Psa_119:90).
for ever. Hebrew 'olam = for ages; 'olam occurs in Ecc. seven times: Ecc_1:4, Ecc_1:10; Ecc_2:16; Ecc_3:11, Ecc_3:14; Ecc_9:6; Ecc_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. -