Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The sun{H8121} also ariseth,{H2224} and the sun{H8121} goeth down,{H935} and hasteth{H7602} to its place{H4725} where it ariseth.{H2224}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The sun{H8121} also ariseth{H2224}{(H8804)}, and the sun{H8121} goeth down{H935}{(H8804)}, and hasteth{H7602}{(H8802)} to his place{H4725} where he arose{H2224}{(H8802)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The Sone aryseth, the Sonne goeth downe, & returneth to his place, yt he maye there ryse vp agayne.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The sunne aryseth, the sunne goeth downe, and returneth to his place, that he may there ryse vp agayne.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.
American Standard Version (1901)
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
American Standard Version (1901)
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
World English Bible (2000)
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 19:4-6 : 4 There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard. 5 Yet their message has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens, He has pitched a tent for the sun. 6 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
- Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stood still in their places at the light of Your arrows as they flew, at the flash of Your shining spear.
- Gen 8:22 : 22 For as long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."
- Josh 10:13-14 : 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon halted until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down for about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it, before or since, when the LORD listened to a human being, because the LORD fought for Israel.
- Ps 42:1 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of the sons of Korah.
- Ps 89:36-37 : 36 Once I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David: 37 His offspring will endure forever, and his throne will be like the sun before me.
- Ps 104:19-23 : 19 He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set. 20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals of the forest come out. 21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. 22 The sun rises, and they withdraw and lie down in their dens. 23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.
- Jer 33:20 : 20 This is what the Lord says: If you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,
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1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon humanity.
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10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.