Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; 1 And yet the sea is not filled: 1 To the place whence the rivers come, 1 Thither they return again. 1

Updated 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, 1 And goes round toward the north. 1 The wind goes round and round, 1 And the wind returns to its circuits. 1

8All things are full of labor; 1 A man will not be able to speak of them: 1 Neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, 1 Neither shall the ear be filled with hearing. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 104:6Ye seed of Abraham, his servants, 1 Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 1

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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