7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.


In Context

4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.

5 The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,

6 Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.

7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.

8 All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.

9 What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.

Ecclesiastes 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:7All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7All 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, thither they return again.