Ecclesiastes 1:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 1:5

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Berean Standard Bible

The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

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KJV

King James Version

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 1

³ What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

⁴ Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

⁵ The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

⁶ The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.

⁷ All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

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