Ecclesiastes 1:5 meaning and explanation

The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

Ecclesiastes 1:5, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the Teacher, a Davidic king in Jerusalem, opening his survey of life under the sun. He pictures the sun rising, setting, and hurrying back to its place only to rise again.

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