Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 1:5
A church father on this verse
“The sun of righteousness rises in the soul. The beginning of its rise is preparatory. It is a preparatory enlightenment. But when it circles around the whole soul and enlightens it altogether so that nothing is outside the light any more, then the soul is in perfect enlightenment. For often it sets in order to rise ag…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5And the sun arises, and the sun goes down And draws toward its place;
Modern
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In context
3What advantage is there to a man In all his labor that he takes under the sun?
4A generation goes, and a generation comes: But the earth stands forever.
— Ecclesiastes 1:5 —
6Arising there it proceeds southward, And goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, And the wind returns to its circuits.
7All the rivers run into the sea; And yet the sea is not filled: To the place whence the rivers come, Thither they return again.