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"The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again."
— Ecclesiastes 1:5, NET Bible
“The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.”
“The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth. ”
“The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.”
“The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,”
“The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.”
“The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.”
Introduction: Utter Futility“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.
The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.
All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again.
All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.