Ecclesiastes 1:5

American Standard Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 1:5 in other translations

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

Ecclesiastes 1:5 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:5 in context

  1. 3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
  2. 4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
  3. 5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
  4. 6The 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.
  5. 7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.