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.


In Context

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:7 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7All 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.

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.