The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ecclesiastes 1:5 in context
Ecclesiastes 1:2–8
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“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
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What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
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One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
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Selected verse
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
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The 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.
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All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
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All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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