Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits.

8All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak of them: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:6ye seed of Abraam, his servants, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:5-9

The Vanity of the World. 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 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. 8 All things are full of… Read the whole commentary →

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