Ecclesiastes 1:5

Ecclesiastes 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
• New International Version (NIV)The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose.

Context of Ecclesiastes 1:5

3What advantage does man have from all his work Which he does under the sun (while earthbound)? 4One generation goes and another generation comes, But the earth remains forever. Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurries to the place where it rises again. 6The wind blows toward the south, Then circles toward the north; The wind circles and swirls endlessly, And on its circular course the wind returns. 7All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.

Ecclesiastes 1:5 word by word

וְזָרַ֥ח הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וּבָ֣א הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וְאֶ֨ל־מְקוֹמ֔וֹ שׁוֹאֵ֛ף זוֹרֵ֥חַֽ ה֖וּא שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• also arisethזָרַחzârach · to riseH2224
• goeth downבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and hastethשָׁאַףshâ'aph · to long forH7602
• to his placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 1:5

• Genesis 8:22While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”
• Psalms 19:4Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,
• Psalms 89:36His descendants shall endure forever And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me.
• Psalms 104:19He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the [exact] place of its setting.
• Jeremiah 33:20“Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not take place at their appointed times,
• Joshua 10:13So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation [of Israel] took vengeance upon their enemies. Is it not written in the Book of Jashar? So the sun stood still in the middle of the sky and was in no hurry to go down for about a whole day.
• Psalms 42:1As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks, So my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.
• Habakkuk 3:11The sun and moon stood in their places [as before Joshua]; They went away at the light of Your [swift] arrows, At the radiance and gleam of Your glittering spear.

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5, Ecclesiastes 1:6; These verses are confused by being falsely divided. The first clause of the sixth should be joined to the fifth verse. "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth; going to the south, and circulating to the north."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Hasteth … - literally, at his place panting (in his eagerness) riseth he there.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-8Verses 4-8 All things change, and never rest. Man, after all his labour, is no nearer finding rest than the sun, the wind, or the current of the river. His soul will find no rest, if he has it not from God. The senses are soon tired, yet still craving what is untried.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-11The Teacher starts by noting that every natural and historical activity has a repetitive cycle of coming and going, existing and not existing. This can cause some to feel that everything is meaningless. The Teacher quickly shifts from one topic to another and ends this section with the topic he began with, using a literary style that reflects the cycles he describes in nature and human history.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Psa 19:5, 6). "Panting" as the Hebrew for "hasteth"; metaphor, from a runner (Psa 19:5, "a strong man") in a "race." It applies rather to the rising sun, which seems laboriously to mount up to the meridian, than to the setting sun; the accents too favor Maurer, "And (that too, returning) to his place, where panting he riseth."Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings