Ecclesiastes 1:7
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- 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
- All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
- DARBY
- All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
- BLB
- All the rivers are going to the sea, and the sea it has no filling; to the place from which the rivers come, there they are turning back to go.
- ÅB
- Alle bekker løper ut i havet, men havet blir ikke fullt; til det sted som bekkene går til, dit går de alltid igjen.
- OTB
- Alle elver renner ut i havet, men havet blir aldri fullt. Til stedet hvor elvene kommer fra, der vender de tilbake igjen.
- B1930
- Alle bekker løper ut i havet, men havet blir ikke fullt; til det sted som bekkene går til, dit går de alltid igjen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 38:10–11
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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