Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. New Living Translation The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again. English Standard Version The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. Berean Standard Bible The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises. King James Bible The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. New King James Version The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose. New American Standard Bible Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurrying to its place it rises there again. NASB 1995 Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again. NASB 1977 Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again. Legacy Standard Bible Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again. Amplified Bible Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurries to the place where it rises again. Christian Standard Bible The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it hurries back to the place where it rises. Holman Christian Standard Bible The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it returns to its place where it rises. American Standard Version The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth. Contemporary English Version The sun comes up, the sun goes down; it hurries right back to where it started from. English Revised Version The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth. GOD'S WORD® Translation The sun rises, and the sun sets, and then it rushes back to the place where it will rise [again]. Good News Translation The sun still rises, and it still goes down, going wearily back to where it must start all over again. International Standard Version The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose. Majority Standard Bible The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises. NET Bible The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again. New Heart English Bible The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises. Webster's Bible Translation The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. World English Bible The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAlso, the sun has risen, and the sun has gone in, and to its place panting it is rising there. Young's Literal Translation Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there. Smith's Literal Translation The sun arose and the sun went down, and panted after its place which it arose there. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again, Catholic Public Domain Version The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again, New American Bible The sun rises and the sun sets; then it presses on to the place where it rises. New Revised Standard Version The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hurries to the place where it rises. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe sun rises and the sun goes down and hastens to the place where it rose that from thence it may rise again. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The sun rises and the sun sets, and to the place where it rises it is returning; from there it will rise again. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The sun also ariseth, And the sun goeth down, And hasteth to his place where he ariseth. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Everything is Futile…4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. 5The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises. 6The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.… Cross References Psalm 19:4-6 their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun. / Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course, / it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth. Joshua 10:12-13 On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” / So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.” Psalm 104:19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set. Genesis 1:14-18 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. / And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so. / God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well. ... Job 9:7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars. Isaiah 38:8 I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended. 2 Kings 20:9-11 And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?” / “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.” / So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz. Jeremiah 31:35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name: Habakkuk 3:11 Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Luke 1:78-79 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high, / to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” James 1:11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits. Revelation 1:16 He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest. Revelation 21:23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. Treasury of Scripture The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to his place where he arose. sun Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Psalm 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, … Psalm 89:36,37 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me… hasteth Joshua 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… Psalm 42:1 To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Habakkuk 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. Jump to Previous Ariseth Goes Hastening Hastens Hasteth Hurries Panting Quickly Risen Rises Riseth Rising Sets SunJump to Next Ariseth Goes Hastening Hastens Hasteth Hurries Panting Quickly Risen Rises Riseth Rising Sets SunEcclesiastes 1 1. the preacher shows that all human courses are vain4. because the creatures are restless in their courses 9. they bring forth nothing new, and all old things are forgotten 12. and because he has found it so in the studies of wisdom The sun rises The phrase "The sun rises" in Hebrew is "וְזָרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ" (vezarach hashemesh). The imagery of the sun rising is a powerful symbol of constancy and reliability in the natural world. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the sun was often seen as a deity or a symbol of divine order. However, in the context of Ecclesiastes, the sun's rising is portrayed as part of the monotonous cycle of life. The author, traditionally believed to be Solomon, uses this imagery to emphasize the repetitive and seemingly purposeless nature of earthly existence. From a conservative Christian perspective, this can be seen as a reminder of the fallen state of the world due to sin, where even the most majestic aspects of creation are subject to futility (Romans 8:20-22). and the sun sets it hurries back to where it rises Where he arose.--Better, there to rise again. Verse 5. - The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down. The sun is another instance of ever-recurring change in the face of an enduring sameness, rising and setting day-by-day, and resting never. The legendary 'Life of Abram' relates how, having been hidden for some years in a cave in order to escape the search of Nimrod, when he emerged from his concealment, and for the first time beheld heaven and earth, he began to inquire who was the Creator of the wonders around him. When the sun arose and flooded the scene with its glorious light, he at once concluded that that bright orb must be the creative Deity, and offered his prayers to it all day long. But when it sank in darkness, he repented of his illusion, being persuaded that the sun could not have made the world and be itself subject to extinction (see 'Abraham: his Life and Times,' p. 12). And hasteth to his place where he arose; literally, and panteth (equivalent to hasteth, longeth to go) to its place arising there; i.e. the sun, sinking in the west, eagerly during the night returns to the east, duly to rise there in the morning. The "place" is the region of reappearance. The Septuagint gives, "The sun arises, and the sun sets, and draws (ἕλκει) unto its place;" and then carries the idea into the following verse: "Arising there, it proceedeth southward," etc. The Vulgate supports the rendering; but there is no doubt that the Authorized Version gives substantially the sense of the Hebrew text as accentuated. The verb שׁאפ (shaaph), as Delitzsch shows, implies "punting," not from fatigue, but in eager pursuit of something; and all notions of panting steeds or morning exhalations are quite foreign from the conception of the passage. The notion which Koheleth desires to convey is that the sun makes no real progress; its eager punting merely brings it to the old place, there to recommence its monotonous routine. Rosenmüller quotes Catullus, 'Carm.,' 5:4-6, on which, Doering cites Lotich., 'Eleg.,' 3:7. 23 -"Ergo ubi permensus coelum sol occidit, idem Hebrew The sunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ (haš·še·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement rises וְזָרַ֥ח (wə·zā·raḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2224: To irradiate, to rise, to appear and the sun הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement sets; וּבָ֣א (ū·ḇā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go it hurries back שׁוֹאֵ֛ף (šō·w·’êp̄) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten to מְקוֹמ֔וֹ (mə·qō·w·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition where שָֽׁם׃ (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither it ה֖וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are arose. זוֹרֵ֥חַֽ (zō·w·rê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2224: To irradiate, to rise, to appear Links Ecclesiastes 1:5 NIVEcclesiastes 1:5 NLT Ecclesiastes 1:5 ESV Ecclesiastes 1:5 NASB Ecclesiastes 1:5 KJV Ecclesiastes 1:5 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 1:5 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 1:5 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 1:5 French Bible Ecclesiastes 1:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 1:5 The sun also rises and the sun (Ecclesiast. 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