Ecclesiastes 1:5
And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
In Context
4A generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth stands for ever.
Cross References
Genesis 8:22All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.
Psalms 19:4Remember all thy + 19:4 Or, meat offering.sacrifice, and enrich thy whole-burnt-offering. Pause.
Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.
Psalms 104:19until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.
Habakkuk 3:11The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.
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 →