Ecclesiastes 1:7
King James Version (KJV)
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
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 labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 in every translation
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
- ASV American Standard Version
- All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.
- DBY Darby Translation
- All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
- WBS Webster Bible
- All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.