Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
Cross References
Genesis 8:22All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.
Psalms 19:4There are no speeches nor languages, where their voices are not heard.
Psalms 42:1Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.
Psalms 104:19He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Habakkuk 3:11The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light of thy arrows, they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering 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 →