The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.(A)
The wind blows to the south
    and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
    ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea,
    yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
    there they return again.(B)

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

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

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(A)The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And [a]hastens to the place where it arose.
(B)The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
(C)All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:5 Is eager for, lit. panting