Ecclesiastes 1:5

World English Bible

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

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Ecclesiastes 1:5 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 1:5 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 1:5 in context

  1. 3What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
  2. 4One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
  3. 5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
  4. 6The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
  5. 7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.