Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the riuers goe into the sea, yet the sea is not full: for the riuers goe vnto ye place, whence they returne, and goe.

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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 winde goeth toward the South, and compasseth towarde the North: the winde goeth rounde about, and returneth by his circuites.

8All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:6Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters woulde stand aboue the mountaines.

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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