Ecclesiastes 1:7
What does Ecclesiastes 1:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 1:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
KJV
King James Version · 1611All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862All 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752All 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Context
v.6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
v.7This passage
v.8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Cross references
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- Job 38:10
And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
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