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Ecclesiastes 1:5
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KJ21
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to his place where he arose.
ASV
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
AMP
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurries to the place where it rises again.
AMPC
The sun also rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
BRG
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
CSB
The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it hurries back to the place where it rises.
CSBA
The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it hurries back to the place where it rises.
CEB
The sun rises, the sun sets; it returns panting to the place where it dawns.
CJB
The sun rises, the sun sets; then it speeds to its place and rises there.
CEV
The sun comes up, the sun goes down; it hurries right back to where it started from.
DARBY
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
DRA
The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,
ERV
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and then it hurries to rise again in the same place.
EASY
The sun rises in the morning and it disappears in the evening. Then it quickly moves to rise again the next morning.
EHV
The sun rises and the sun sets. It hurries back, panting and out of breath, to its starting point, where it rises again.
ESV
The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
ESVUK
The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
EXB
The sun rises, the sun sets, and then it ·hurries back [L pants] to where it rises again [Ps. 19:5–6].
GNV
The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and draweth to his place where he riseth.
GW
The sun rises, and the sun sets, and then it rushes back to the place where it will rise ⌞again⌟.
GNT
The sun still rises, and it still goes down, going wearily back to where it must start all over again.
HCSB
The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it returns to its place where it rises.
ICB
The sun rises, and the sun sets. Then it hurries back to the place where it rises again.
ISV
The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose.
JUB
The sun arises, and the sun goes down, and with desire returns to his place from which he arises again.
KJV
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
AKJV
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
LSB
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.
LEB
The sun rises, and the sun goes down; to its place it hurries, and there it rises again.
TLB
For what does a man get for all his hard work? Generations come and go, but it makes no difference. The sun rises and sets and hurries around to rise again. The wind blows south and north, here and there, twisting back and forth, getting nowhere. The rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full, and the water returns again to the rivers and flows again to the sea . . .
MSG
Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That’s what the Quester says.] There’s nothing to anything—it’s all smoke. What’s there to show for a lifetime of work, a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone? One generation goes its way, the next one arrives, but nothing changes—it’s business as usual for old planet earth. The sun comes up and the sun goes down, then does it again, and again—the same old round. The wind blows south, the wind blows north. Around and around and around it blows, blowing this way, then that—the whirling, erratic wind. All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea never fills up. The rivers keep flowing to the same old place, and then start all over and do it again. Everything’s boring, utterly boring— no one can find any meaning in it. Boring to the eye, boring to the ear. What was will be again, what happened will happen again. There’s nothing new on this earth. Year after year it’s the same old thing. Does someone call out, “Hey, this is new”? Don’t get excited—it’s the same old story. Nobody remembers what happened yesterday. And the things that will happen tomorrow? Nobody’ll remember them either. Don’t count on being remembered.
MEV
The sun comes up, and the sun goes down, and hurries to the place where it rises.
NOG
The sun rises, and the sun sets, and then it rushes back to the place where it will rise again.
NABRE
The sun rises and the sun sets; then it presses on to the place where it rises.
NASB
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurrying to its place it rises there again.
NASB1995
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.
NCB
The sun rises and the sun sets; then it returns to the place where it rises.
NCV
The sun rises, the sun sets, and then it hurries back to where it rises again.
NET
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.
NIRV
The sun rises. Then it sets. And then it hurries back to where it rises.
NIV
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
NIVUK
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
NKJV
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose.
NLV
The sun rises and the sun sets, and travels in a hurry to the place where it rises.
NLT
The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again.
NRSVA
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hurries to the place where it rises.
NRSVACE
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hurries to the place where it rises.
NRSVCE
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hurries to the place where it rises.
NRSVUE
The sun rises, and the sun goes down and hurries to the place where it rises.
OJB
The shemesh also ariseth, and the shemesh goeth down, and hasteth to its place, there to arise again.
RGT
The Sun rises, and the Sun goes down, and hastens to its place where it arose.
RSV
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
RSVCE
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
TLV
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to the place it rises.
VOICE
The sun rises and the sun sets, laboring to come up quickly to its place again and again.
WEB
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
WYC
The sun riseth [up], and goeth down, and turneth again to his place (and returneth to its place); and there it riseth again,
YLT
Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.
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