Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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; and the earth abideth for ever.
Cross References
Genesis 8:22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.'
Psalms 19:4(19-5) Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tent for the sun,
Psalms 42:1BOOK II (42-1) For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. (42-2) As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
Psalms 104:19Who appointedst the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.
Habakkuk 3:11The sun and moon stand still in their habitation; at the light of Thine arrows as they go, at the shining 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 →