Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. New Living Translation 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. English Standard Version All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again. NASB 1995 All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again. NASB 1977 All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again. Legacy Standard Bible All the rivers go into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers go, There they continually go. Amplified Bible All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again. Christian Standard Bible All the streams flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. Holman Christian Standard Bible All the streams flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full. The streams are flowing to the place, and they flow there again. American Standard Version All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. Aramaic Bible in Plain English All rivers run sea into the sea and the sea is not filled. The place to which the torrents depart, there they return Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version All rivers empty into the sea, but it never spills over; one by one the rivers return to their source. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. GOD'S WORD® Translation All streams flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. The water goes back to the place where the streams began in order to [start] flowing again. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version All the rivers flow toward the sea, but the sea is never full; then rivers return to the headwaters where they began. JPS Tanakh 1917 All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; Unto the place whither the rivers go, Thither they go again. Literal Standard Version All the streams are going to the sea, and the sea is not full; to a place to where the streams are going, there they are turning back to go. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible All rivers flow to the sea, yet never does the sea become full. To the place where they flow, the rivers continue to flow. NET Bible All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again. New Revised Standard Version All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow. New Heart English Bible All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again. Young's Literal Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Everything is Futile…6The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course. 7All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow. 8All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course. Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing. Treasury of Scripture All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, thither they return again. the rivers run Job 38:10,11 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, … Psalm 104:6-9 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains… return again Jump to Previous Flow Full Rivers Run Sea Streams Thither Turning Whence WhitherJump to Next Flow Full Rivers Run Sea Streams Thither Turning Whence WhitherEcclesiastes 1 1. the preacher shows that all human courses are vain4. because the creatures are restless in their courses 9. they bring forth nothing new, and all old things are forgotten 12. and because he has found it so in the studies of wisdom (7) Whence the rivers come.--Better, whither the rivers go. (Comp. Ecclesiasticus 40:11.)Verse 7. - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full. Here is another instance of unvarying operation producing no tangible result. The phenomenon mentioned is often the subject of remark and speculation in classical authors. Commentators cite Aristophanes, 'Clouds,' 1293 - Αὕτη μὲν (sc. ἡ θάλαττα) οὐδὲν γίγνεται Ἐπιῥῤεόντων τῶν ποταμῶν πλείων, "The sea, though all the rivers flow therein, "Nunc ratio reddunda, augmen quin nesciat sequor. Hebrew Allכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the rivers הַנְּחָלִים֙ (han·nə·ḥā·lîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft flow הֹלְכִ֣ים (hō·lə·ḵîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the sea, הַיָּ֔ם (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin yet the sea וְהַיָּ֖ם (wə·hay·yām) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin is never אֵינֶ֣נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū) Adverb | third person masculine singular Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle full; מָלֵ֑א (mā·lê) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4392: Full, filling, fulness, fully to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the place מְק֗וֹם (mə·qō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition from which the streams שֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙ (še·han·nə·ḥā·lîm) Pronoun - relative, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft come, הֹֽלְכִ֔ים (hō·lə·ḵîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk there שָׁ֛ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither again שָׁבִ֖ים (šā·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again they הֵ֥ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They flow. לָלָֽכֶת׃ (lā·lā·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk Links Ecclesiastes 1:7 NIVEcclesiastes 1:7 NLT Ecclesiastes 1:7 ESV Ecclesiastes 1:7 NASB Ecclesiastes 1:7 KJV Ecclesiastes 1:7 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 1:7 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 1:7 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 1:7 French Bible Ecclesiastes 1:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea (Ecclesiast. 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