Ecclesiastes 1:5

American Standard Version (1901)

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

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  • Ps 19:4-6 : 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
  • Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.
  • Gen 8:22 : 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
  • Josh 10:13-14 : 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of a man: for Jehovah fought for Israel.
  • Ps 42:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah]. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
  • Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {{Selah
  • Ps 104:19-23 : 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.
  • Jer 33:20 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

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  • Eccl 1:1-4
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    1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

    2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

    3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

    4 One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

  • Eccl 1:6-7
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    6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

    7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

  • Eccl 1:9-10
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    9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

  • 16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

    8 Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

  • 11 For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

  • 2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

  • Ps 19:4-6
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    4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

    5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

    6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

  • 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

  • Ps 104:22-23
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    22 The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.

    23 Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

  • 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.

  • Eccl 3:20-21
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    20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

    21 Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

  • 1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

  • 7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15 I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

    16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 6:4-5
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    4 for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

    5 moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

  • 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • 7 That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;

  • 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

    8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

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  • 20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:15-16
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    15 That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

    16 And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

  • 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  • 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

  • 11 [ As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

  • 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • 26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

  • 11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

  • 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes), [

  • 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

  • 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

  • 22 For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • 10 So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave] ; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.