Ecclesiastes 1:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
  • Ps 104:6-9 : 6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters woulde stand aboue the mountaines. 7 But at thy rebuke they flee: at the voyce of thy thunder they haste away. 8 And the mountaines ascend, and the valleis descend to the place which thou hast established for them. 9 But thou hast set them a bounde, which they shall not passe: they shall not returne to couer the earth.

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  • Eccl 1:4-6
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    4One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.

    5The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

    6The winde goeth toward the South, and compasseth towarde the North: the winde goeth rounde about, and returneth by his circuites.

  • Eccl 1:8-10
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    8All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

    9What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

    10Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.

  • 11As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,

  • Ezek 47:8-9
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    8Then saide he vnto me, These waters issue out towarde the East countrey, and runne downe into the plaine, and shall goe into one sea: they shall runne into another sea, and the waters shalbe wholesome.

    9And euery thing that liueth, which moueth, wheresoeuer the riuers shal come, shal liue, and there shalbe a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be wholesome, and euery thing shall liue whither the riuer commeth.

  • 10Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

    8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • 7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.

  • 15Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.

  • 7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • 27When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,

  • 20All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

  • 33He turneth the floodes into a wildernesse, and the springs of waters into drinesse,

  • 7Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

  • 7Let the sea roare, and all that therein is, the world, and they that dwell therein.

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    14I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

    15That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.

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    9But thou hast set them a bounde, which they shall not passe: they shall not returne to couer the earth.

    10He sendeth the springs into the valleis, which runne betweene the mountaines.

  • 16Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes.

  • 16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

  • 3If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe.

  • 4He rebuketh the sea, and dryeth it, and he dryeth vp all the riuers: Bashan is wasted and Carmel, and the floure of Lebanon is wasted.

  • 16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

  • 10Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,

  • 10He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.

  • 11Doeth a fountaine send forth at one place sweete water and bitter?

  • 11He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.

  • 9The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.

  • 16Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? Or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?

  • 1The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.

  • 5Then the waters of the sea shall faile, and the riuers shall be dryed vp, and wasted.

  • 14The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.

  • 8So two or three cities wandred vnto one citie to drinke water, but they were not satisfied: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.

  • 5What ailed thee, O Sea, that thou fleddest? O Iorden, why wast thou turned backe?

  • 25So is this sea great and wide: for therein are things creeping innumerable, both small beastes and great.

  • 16Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

  • 17Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

  • 2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

  • 1Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.

  • 1To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.

  • 32Let the sea roare, and all that therein is: Let the field be ioyfull and all that is in it.

  • 14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lorde, as the waters couer the sea.