Ecclesiastes 1:5

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

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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 goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

6The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:22While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

Psalms 19:4Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

Psalms 104:19He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

Habakkuk 3:11The sun and moon stood still in the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your 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 →

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