Ecclesiastes 1:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.

New Living Translation
The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again.

English Standard Version
The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.

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

New American Standard Bible
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurrying to its place it rises there again.

NASB 1995
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.

NASB 1977
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.

Amplified Bible
Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hurries to the place where it rises again.

Christian Standard Bible
The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it hurries back to the place where it rises.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it returns to its place where it rises.

Contemporary English Version
The sun comes up, the sun goes down; it hurries right back to where it started from.

Good News Translation
The sun still rises, and it still goes down, going wearily back to where it must start all over again.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sun rises, and the sun sets, and then it rushes back to the place where it will rise [again].

International Standard Version
The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose.

NET Bible
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

New King James Version
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose.

King James 2000 Bible
The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to its place where it arose.

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

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

American King James Version
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to his place where he arose.

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

A Faithful Version
The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The sunne aryseth, the sunne goeth downe, and returneth to his place, that he may there ryse vp agayne.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The Sone aryseth, the Sonne goeth downe, & returneth to his place, yt he maye there ryse vp agayne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Also, the sun has risen, and the sun has gone in, and to its place panting it is rising there.

Young's Literal Translation
Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

Smith's Literal Translation
The sun arose and the sun went down, and panted after its place which it arose there.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,

Catholic Public Domain Version
The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The sun rises and the sun sets, and to the place where it rises it is returning; from there it will rise again.

Lamsa Bible
The sun rises and the sun goes down and hastens to the place where it rose that from thence it may rise again.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The sun also ariseth, And the sun goeth down, And hasteth to his place where he ariseth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place;
















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