Ecclesiastes 1:5

Genesis 8:22; Habakkuk 3:11; Jeremiah 33:20; Joshua 10:13; Joshua 10:14; Psalms 104:19-23; Psalms 19:4-6; Psalms 42:1; Psalms 89:36; Psalms 89:37

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hasteth ... - literally, at his place panting (in his eagerness) riseth he there.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 may be called an introduction to the book; it also presents the writer's conclusions. He has surveyed life from many angles a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The Hebrew pauses in this verse are remarkable, and need. semicolon between each clause.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

All is Vanity 1-11. The writer describes himself. He declares that all things are transitory and without result, whether they be the works or the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hasteth to his place ] The sun, on the supposition of his apparent motion across the heavens from E. to W. by day, returns eastward beneath the eart...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(3-11) Man is perpetually toiling, yet of all his toil there remains no abiding result. The natural world exhibits a spectacle of unceasing activity,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hasteth. — Heb., panteth. The word is used of eager desire ( Job 7:2 ; Psalms 119:131 ). Where he arose. — Better, there to rise again.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? (4) One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

General Introduction
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁵ The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hastetha to his place where he arose.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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