Ecclesiastes 1:7
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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.
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Other Translations of Ecclesiastes 1:7
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
- Darby Bible
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.
- Douay Rheims Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
- World English Bible
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.
- Youngs Literal Bible
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
View Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 1:7
1:7 Is not full - So as to overflow the earth. Whereby also he intimates the emptiness of mens minds, notwithstanding all the abundance of creature comforts. Rivers come - Unto the earth in general, from whence they come or flow into the sea, and to which they return by the reflux of the sea. For he seems to speak of the visible and constant motion of the waters, both to the sea and from it, and then to it again in a perpetual reciprocation.
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