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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.
All the streams flow to the sea,
    but the sea is never full;
to the place where the streams flow,
    there they continue to flow.

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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”

The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.(A)
The wind blows to the south
    and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
    ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea,
    yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
    there they return again.(B)

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