Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is never full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither will they continue to go.

Leeser Tanakh

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

6Going toward the south, and turning round toward the north, the wind moveth round about continually; and around its circles doth the wind return again.

8All things weary themselves [constantly]; man can not utter them: the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:6Thou hadst covered the deep as with a garment: above the mountains stood the waters.

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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