Ecclesiastes 1:5
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
- KJV
- The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
- WEB
- The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
- ASV
- The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
- DARBY
- The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
- BLB
- And the sun has risen, and the sun has gone in, and to its place, panting, it is rising there.
- ÅB
- Og solen går opp, og solen går ned, og den haster tilbake til det sted hvor den går opp.
- OTB
- Solen går opp og solen går ned, og skynder seg tilbake til stedet hvor den går opp igjen.
- B1930
- Og solen går op, og solen går ned, og den haster tilbake til det sted hvor den går op.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 42:1
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Read in contextPsalms 19:4–6
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,
Read in contextPsalms 104:19–23
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Read in contextJoshua 10:13–14
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Read in contextPsalms 89:36–37
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Read in contextGenesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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