Ecclesiastes 1:7

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its circuit, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

8All things toil to weariness; man cannot utter it, the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:6Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains.

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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