Ecclesiastes Chapter One, Circular Nature

Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north; the wind whirls about continually, and comes again on its circuit. [7] All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place from which the rivers come, there they return again.

While these verses are not meant to specifically be scientifically accurate statements as we would construe such things in modernity, yet they do aptly describe the weather system and hydration. The winds the preacher refers to constitute a global circulation that does indeed form what the preacher referred to as a “circuit.” The hydrological cycle, discovered and proven in modern times, reveals that the rivers receive their hydration from oceanic evaporation, thus creating a cyclical nature of rainfall.

Ecclesiastes Chapter One, Rise & Fall

Ecclesiastes 1:5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it arose.

The book of Ecclesiastes is found in the Tanakh, the Jewish Bible, in the collection of the writings, or the Kethuvim. To be specific, the Jewish Bible is comprised of the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings. Amongst the writings may be found poetic narratives such as the Psalms, Song of Songs, or Lamentations. There are also historical writings in the form of Ruth, Ezra, Nehemiah and 1 and 2 Chronicles. 1 Chronicles in the Tanakh is the book of 1 and 2 Kings in the Christian Bible.

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Ecclesiastes Chapter One, Assembly Line

Ecclesiastes 1:4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.

There are a few sayings in our day and age that catch a little of the spirit of what the preacher relates. One is, “All things old are new again.” The other is, “all news is old news happening to new people.” Rest assured, the preacher deals with the concept of a new generation supplanting the former, and the thoughts and feelings attached to such a cyclical ceremony.

Ecclesiastes Chapter One, Profit & Loss

Ecclesiastes 1:3 “What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils under the sun?

Take note that “vanity,” or, “all is vanity,” is intrinsically linked to the next phrase revealed by the preacher in verse 3, “under the sun.” If I may be so bold as to paraphrase the saying, I would render it akin to, “from man’s perspective, “ or, “if man is the measure of all things.” Neither flow nearly as well, but we may easily concede the point the preacher is making with his phrase.