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Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 · King James Version

In other versions

  • All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

    ASV

  • All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

    BBE

  • All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

    DBY

  • All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

    WEB

  • All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

    YLT

  • All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

    ENG

  • All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

    WBT

  • All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

    BSB

In context

5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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