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Ecclesiastes 1:7
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Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
All the rivers flow to the sea, but the sea never becomes full.
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.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.
Alle floodis entren in to the see, and the see fletith not ouer the markis set of God; the floodis turnen ayen to the place fro whennus tho comen forth, that tho flowe eft.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
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.
All rivers empty into the sea, but it never spills over; one by one the rivers return to their source.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
All the rivers flow to the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers flow, there they keep on flowing.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
All rivers flow again and again to the same place. They all flow to the sea, but the sea never becomes full.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
All the riuers runne into the sea, yet the Sea is not full: vnto the place from whence the riuers come, thither they returne againe.
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is not full. And they return again to the place from which the rivers flow.
All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.
All the riuers goe into the sea, yet the sea is not full: for the riuers goe vnto ye place, whence they returne, and goe.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place from whence the rivers flow, thither they return to flow again.
Every river flows into the sea, but the sea is not yet full. The water returns to where the rivers began, and starts all over again.
All the streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, - unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow.
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.
All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.
All fluddes runne into the sea, and yet is the sea it selfe not fylled: For loke vnto what place the waters runne, thence they come to flowe agayne.
All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
All the streams flow to the sea,yet the sea is never full;to the place where the streams flow,there they flow again.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
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.
All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.
All the rivers are going to the sea; yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers are going, there they are returning to go again .
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.
All floudes runne in to the see, & yet the see is not fylled: for loke vnto what place the waters runne, thence they come agayne.
All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again.
All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
All the rivers go into the sea,Yet the sea is not full.To the place where the rivers go,There they continually go.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the rivers run: Job 38:10, Job 38:11, Psalms 104:6-9
return again: Heb. return to go
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:9 - General
Cross-References
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.
God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds." It was so.
and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." It was so.
God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind." It was so.
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."
Then God said, "I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.
He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains.
Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full,.... Which flow from fountains or an formed by hasty rains; these make their way to the sea, yet the sea is not filled therewith, and made to abound and overflow the earth, as it might be expected it would. So Seneca says z we wonder that the accession of rivers is not perceived in the sea; and Lucretius a observes the same, that it is wondered at that the sea should not increase, when there is such a flow of waters to it from all quarters; besides the wandering showers and flying storms that fall into it, and yet scarce increased a drop; which he accounts for by the exhalations of the sun, by sweeping and drying winds, and by what the clouds take up. Homer b makes every sea, all the rivers, fountains, and wells, flow, from the main ocean. Hence Pindar c calls the lake or fountain Camarina the daughter of the ocean But Virgil d makes the rivers to flow into it, as the wise man here; with which Aristotle e agrees. So Lactantius f says, "mare quod ex fluminibus constat", the sea consists of rivers. Both may be true, for, through secret passages under ground, the waters of it are caused to pass back again to their respective places from whence they flowed, as follows;
unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again; this also illustrates the succession of men, age after age, and the revolution of things in the world, their unquiet and unsettled state; and the unsatisfying nature of all things; as the sea is never full with what comes into it, so the mind of man is never satisfied with all the riches and honour he gains, or the knowledge of natural things he acquires; and it suggests that even water, as fluctuating a body as it is, yet has the advantage of men; that though it is always flowing and reflowing, yet it returns to its original place, which man does not. And from all these instances it appears that all things are vanity, and man has no profit of all his labour under the sun.
z Nat. Quaest. l. 3. c. 4. a De Rerum Natura, l. 6. b Iliad. 21. v. 193, &c. c Olymp. Ode 5. v. 4. d "Omnia sub magna", &c. Georgic. l. 4. v. 366, &c. e Meterolog. l. 1. c. 13. f De Orig. Error. l. 2. c. 6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The place - i. e., The spring or river-head. It would seem that the ancient Hebrews regarded the clouds as the immediate feeders of the springs (Proverbs 8:28, and Psalms 104:10, Psalms 104:13). Genesis 2:6 indicates some acquaintance with the process and result of evaporation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 1:7. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full — The reason is, nothing goes into it either by the; rivers or by rain, that does not come from it: and to the place whence the rivers come, whether from the sea originally by evaporation, or immediately by rain, thither they return again; for the water exhaled from the sea by evaporation is collected in the clouds, and in rain, c., falls upon the tops of the mountains and, filtered through their fissures, produce streams, several of which uniting, make rivers, which flow into the sea. The water is again evaporated by the sun; the vapours collected are precipitated; and, being filtered through the earth, become streams, &c., as before.
