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The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
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The 'Panting' Sun
Multiple commentators (Barnes, Ellicott, Gill) highlight that the Hebrew word translated as 'hastens' more literally means 'pants,' as if out of breath. This imagery portrays the sun not just as moving, but as being on a relentless, exhausting, and wearisome treadmill, eagerly rushing only to repeat its course. This emphasizes the theme of exhausting repetition in the natural world.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hastens ... - literally, at his place panting (in his eagerness) he rises there.
19th Century
Anglican
Hastens.—Hebrew, pants. The word is used of eager desire (Job 7:2; Psalms 119:131).
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to his place where he arose . …
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