SIL Translator’s Notes on Ecclesiastes 1:5

1:5a The sun rises and the sun sets;

The sun comes up, and goes down.
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The sun still rises in the morning and it goes down in the evening. (EASY2015)
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The sun rises ⌊at dawn⌋ and sets ⌊in the evening⌋ .

1:5b it hurries back to where it rises.

Then it hurries back to the place where it rose ⌊before⌋ .
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Then it quickly moves to rise again the next morning.(EEB)
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and hastens to the place where it rises. (English Standard Version)

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