Ecclesiastes 1:7

American Standard Version (1901)

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
  • Ps 104:6-9 : 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away 8 (The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

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    4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

    5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

    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.

  • Eccl 1:8-10
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    8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it] : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

    9That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

  • Job 14:11
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    11[ As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

  • Ezek 47:8-9
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    8Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.

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    10Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

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    7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

  • Job 12:15
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    15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

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    27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

  • Eccl 3:20
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    20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

  • Ps 107:33
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    33He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

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    7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

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    7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein;

  • Eccl 1:14-15
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    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

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    9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

    10He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

  • Prov 5:16
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    16Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

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    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

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    4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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    16There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Isa 55:10
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    10For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

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    10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

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    11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?

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    11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

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    9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

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    16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

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    5And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.

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    14The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

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    8So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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    5What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

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    25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

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    17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

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    2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

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    1Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

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    32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein;

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    14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.