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.
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Ecclesiastes 1:7
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Surrounding context — Ecclesiastes 1
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 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.
10 Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַנְּחָלִים֙H5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverהֹלְכִ֣יםH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַיָּ֔םH3220 · yamseaוְהַיָּ֖םH3220 · yamseaאֵינֶ֣נּוּH369 · a.yinnothingמָלֵ֑אH4392 · ma.lefullאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מְק֗וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceשֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙H5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverהֹֽלְכִ֔יםH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentשָׁ֛םH8033 · shamthereהֵ֥םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)שָׁבִ֖יםH7725 · shuvto return: returnלָלָֽכֶת׃H1980 · ha.lakhto go: went
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