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A generation goes, and a generation comes,
    but the earth stands forever.
The sun rises, and the sun goes down;
    to its place it hurries,[a] and there it rises again.
The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north;
    around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:5 The MT reads “it gasps for breath,” which is supported by LXX “to draw breath”; the BHS editors suggest “it returns again”

Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.(A)
The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.(B)
The wind blows to the south
    and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
    ever returning on its course.

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