Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.
Geneva Bible 1599
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, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.
Cross References
Genesis 8:22Hereafter seede time and haruest, and colde and heate, and sommer and winter, and day and night shall not cease, so long as ye earth remaineth.
Psalms 19:4Their line is gone forth through all the earth, and their words into the endes of the world: in them hath he set a tabernacle for the sunne.
Psalms 42:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme to give instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. As the harte brayeth for the riuers of water, so panteth my soule after thee, O God.
Psalms 104:19He appoynted the moone for certaine seasons: the sunne knoweth his going downe.
Habakkuk 3:11The sunne and moone stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrowes they went, and at the bright shining of thy speares.
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 →