Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and striving to reach his place he riseth again there.
Leeser Tanakh
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 endureth for ever.
Cross References
Genesis 8:22All the while the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
Psalms 19:4(19:5) [But] their melody extendeth through all the earth, and to the end of the world their words. For the sun hath he set a tabernacle among them;
Psalms 42:1BOOK SECOND: “To the chief musician, a Maskil, for the sons of Korach.” (42:2) As a hart panteth after brooks of water, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms 104:19He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Habakkuk 3:11The sun and moon stood still in their dwelling: at the light of thy arrows they walked along, at the shining of the flaming glitter of thy 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 →