Ecclesiastes 1:5

And the sun, breaketh forth, and the sun, goeth in,—yea, unto his own place, he panteth, from whence he brake forth.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

In Context

4Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age-abiding, remaineth.

6Going unto the south, and circling unto the north,—circling, circling continually, is, the wind, and, over its own circuits, returneth the wind.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:22During all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.

Psalms 19:4[Yet] through all the earth, hath gone forth their voice,—and, to the end of the world, their sayings,—For the sun, hath he set up a tent therein;

Psalms 42:1As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.

Psalms 104:19He hath made the moon for seasons, And, the sun, knoweth his place for entering in.

Habakkuk 3:11Sun, moon, have stood still, on high,—like light, thine arrows, speed along, like brightness, is the flash 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 →

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