Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
In Context
4One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
6The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.
Cross References
Genesis 8:22While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.
Psalms 19:4\19:3\There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.
Psalms 42:1To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.
Psalms 104:19He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.
Habakkuk 3:11At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:5-9
The Vanity of the World. 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of… Read the whole commentary →