Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun comes up, and the sun goes down, and then rushes to its place to rise again.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
In Context
4People come, and people go, but the earth lasts forever!
Cross References
Genesis 8:22As long as the earth exists, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never come to an end.”
Psalms 19:4Yet what they say is heard all over the earth; their message goes to the whole world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
Psalms 42:1As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God.
Psalms 104:19You made the moon to mark the months, and the sun knows when to set.
Habakkuk 3:11The sun and moon stood still in the sky as your sparkling arrows flew and your spears flashed bright.
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 →