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it hurries back to where it rises.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ecclesiastes/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ecclesiastes/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurrying to its place it rises there <i>again.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ecclesiastes/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there <i>again.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there <i>again</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurries to the place where it rises again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it hurries back to the place where it rises.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it returns to its place where it rises. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ecclesiastes/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The sun comes up, the sun goes down; it hurries right back to where it started from. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ecclesiastes/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ecclesiastes/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The sun rises, and the sun sets, and then it rushes back to the place where it will rise [again].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The sun still rises, and it still goes down, going wearily back to where it must start all over again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ecclesiastes/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ecclesiastes/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ecclesiastes/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ecclesiastes/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Also, the sun has risen, and the sun has gone in, and to its place panting it is rising there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The sun arose and the sun went down, and panted after its place which it arose there.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ecclesiastes/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The sun rises and the sun sets; then it presses on to the place where it rises. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ecclesiastes/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hurries to the place where it rises.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The sun rises and the sun goes down and hastens to the place where it rose that from thence it may rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The sun rises and the sun sets, and to the place where it rises it is returning; from there it will rise again.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ecclesiastes/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The sun also ariseth, And the sun goeth down, And hasteth to his place where he ariseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-2fxj-VcEg?start=28" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Everything is Futile</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: haš·še·meš (Art:: N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">The sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/2224.htm" title="2224: wə·zā·raḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To rise, come forth. A primitive root; properly, to irradiate, i.e. To rise; specifically, to appear.">rises</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: haš·šā·meš (Art:: N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">and the sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">sets;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7602.htm" title="7602: šō·w·’êp̄ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten.">it hurries back</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mə·qō·w·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/2224.htm" title="2224: zō·w·rê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To rise, come forth. A primitive root; properly, to irradiate, i.e. To rise; specifically, to appear.">rises.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/19-4.htm">Psalm 19:4-6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/10-12.htm">Joshua 10:12-13</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-19.htm">Psalm 104:19</a></span><br />He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-14.htm">Genesis 1:14-18</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-7.htm">Job 9:7</a></span><br />He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">Isaiah 38:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-9.htm">2 Kings 20:9-11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Jeremiah 31:35</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11</a></span><br />Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">Malachi 4:2</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-78.htm">Luke 1:78-79</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-11.htm">James 1:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-16.htm">Revelation 1:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-23.htm">Revelation 21:23</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to his place where he arose.</p><p class="hdg">sun</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Genesis 8:22</a></b></br> While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/19-4.htm">Psalm 19:4-6</a></b></br> 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, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-36.htm">Psalm 89:36,37</a></b></br> His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me… </p><p class="hdg">hasteth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-13.htm">Joshua 10:13,14</a></b></br> And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. <i>Is</i> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Psalm 42:1</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/3-11.htm">Habakkuk 3:11</a></b></br> The sun <i>and</i> moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, <i>and</i> at the shining of thy glittering spear.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/112-4.htm">Ariseth</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-4.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Hastening</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-22.htm">Hastens</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-22.htm">Hasteth</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-22.htm">Hurries</a> <a href="/psalms/38-10.htm">Panting</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-6.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-28.htm">Risen</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-15.htm">Rises</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-15.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-31.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-17.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-3.htm">Sun</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Ariseth</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Hastening</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-16.htm">Hastens</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-25.htm">Hasteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-16.htm">Hurries</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Panting</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-12.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Risen</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-21.htm">Rises</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-4.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-9.htm">Sun</a><div class="vheading2">Ecclesiastes 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-1.htm">the preacher shows that all human courses are vain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-4.htm">because the creatures are restless in their courses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-9.htm">they bring forth nothing new, and all old things are forgotten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-12.htm">and because he has found it so in the studies of wisdom</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ecclesiastes/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ecclesiastes/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The sun rises</b><br>This phrase reflects the natural order established by God in creation, as seen in <a href="/genesis/1-14.htm">Genesis 1:14-19</a>, where God created the sun to govern the day. The rising of the sun is a daily reminder of God's faithfulness and the consistency of His creation. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the sun was often associated with deities, but in the biblical worldview, it is a created entity serving God's purposes. The regularity of the sunrise symbolizes the reliability of God's promises, as seen in <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a>, where His mercies are described as new every morning.<p><b>and the sun sets;</b><br>The setting of the sun marks the end of the day, a cycle that has continued since creation. This cycle is a metaphor for the transient nature of human life and endeavors, a central theme in Ecclesiastes. The setting sun also signifies rest and the completion of daily labor, echoing the biblical principle of Sabbath rest found in <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>. In a broader theological sense, the setting sun can symbolize the end of an era or the closing of a chapter in God's redemptive history, as seen in the prophetic literature where the "day of the Lord" is often depicted with cosmic disturbances (e.g., <a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a>).<p><b>it hurries back to where it rises.</b><br>This phrase captures the cyclical nature of the sun's journey, emphasizing the repetitive and seemingly monotonous patterns of life under the sun. The Hebrew word for "hurries" suggests a sense of urgency or weariness, reflecting the futility and toil experienced in a fallen world. This cycle can be seen as a metaphor for the human condition post-Fall, where labor and toil are part of the curse (<a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a>). Theologically, this cycle points to the need for redemption and the hope of a new creation where such futility is overcome, as promised in <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-5</a>. The sun's return to its starting point can also be seen as a type of Christ, who, after completing His work on earth, returned to the Father, yet promises to return again (<a href="/acts/1-11.htm">Acts 1:11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>- Traditionally considered the author of Ecclesiastes, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. He reflects on the cyclical nature of life and the pursuit of meaning.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>- The city where Solomon reigned as king and where he likely composed Ecclesiastes. It serves as the backdrop for his reflections on life and wisdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sun.htm">The Sun</a></b><br>- A central element in this verse, symbolizing the repetitive and predictable patterns of nature and life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cyclical_nature_of_life.htm">The Cyclical Nature of Life</a></b><br>Life often feels repetitive, much like the sun's daily journey. Recognizing this can help us find stability and predictability in God's creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a></b><br>The sun's consistent pattern reflects God's control and order in the universe. Trusting in His sovereignty can bring peace amidst life's uncertainties.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_search_for_meaning.htm">The Search for Meaning</a></b><br>Solomon's observation of the sun's routine invites us to consider where we find meaning. True fulfillment is found not in the cycles of life but in a relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_perspective.htm">The Importance of Perspective</a></b><br>Understanding the repetitive nature of life can encourage us to focus on eternal values rather than temporary pursuits.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_purpose.htm">Living with Purpose</a></b><br>While life may seem monotonous, we are called to live purposefully, using each day to glorify God and serve others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ecclesiastes_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ecclesiastes 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ecclesiastes_1_5_contradict_astronomy.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 – The verse suggests a geocentric view of the sun moving around the earth; does this contradict modern astronomy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_the_bible_support_geocentrism.htm">Is geocentrism supported by biblical scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_'nothing_new'_literal_today.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:9 – In light of countless historical inventions and discoveries, how can the claim “there is nothing new under the sun” be taken literally? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'sunrise'_fit_heliocentrism.htm">(Psalm 113:3) How do we reconcile the language of “from the rising of the sun” with modern astronomy’s heliocentric understanding of our solar system? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Hasteth.--</span>Heb., <span class= "ital">panteth. </span>The word is used of eager desire (<a href="/job/7-2.htm" title="As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as an hireling looks for the reward of his work:">Job 7:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/119-131.htm" title="I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments.">Psalm 119:131</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Where he arose.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">there to rise again.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ecclesiastes/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down</span>. 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). <span class="cmt_word">And hasteth to his place where he arose;</span> literally, <span class="accented">and panteth</span> (equivalent to <span class="accented">hasteth</span>, <span class="accented">longeth to go</span>) <span class="accented">to its place arising there</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. 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 (<span class="greek">ἕλκει</span>) 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 <span class="hebrew">שׁאפ</span> (<span class="accented">shaaph</span>), 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 - <p><span class="foreign">"Ergo ubi permensus coelum sol occidit, idem<br />Purpureo vestit lumine rursus humum;<br />Nos, ubi decidimus, defuncti muncre vitae,<br />Urget perpetua hmina nocte sopor."</span> But our passage does not contrast the revival of the sun every morning with man's eternal sleep in death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The sun</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(haš·še·meš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm">Strong's 8121: </a> </span><span class="str2">The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rises</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזָרַ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zā·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2224.htm">Strong's 2224: </a> </span><span class="str2">To irradiate, to rise, to appear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the sun</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·meš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm">Strong's 8121: </a> </span><span class="str2">The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sets;</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it hurries back</span><br /><span class="heb">שׁוֹאֵ֛ף</span> <span class="translit">(šō·w·’êp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7602.htm">Strong's 7602: </a> </span><span class="str2">To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">מְקוֹמ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·qō·w·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁם׃</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֖וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arose.</span><br /><span class="heb">זוֹרֵ֥חַֽ</span> <span class="translit">(zō·w·rê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2224.htm">Strong's 2224: </a> </span><span class="str2">To irradiate, to rise, to appear</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-5.htm">OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 1:5 The sun also rises and the sun (Ecclesiast. 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