Ecclesiastes 1:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place where the streams come from, there they return again.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    All the rivers{H5158} run{H1980} into the sea,{H3220} yet the sea{H3220} is not full;{H4392} unto the place{H4725} whither the rivers{H5158} go,{H1980} thither they go{H1980} again.{H3212}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    All the rivers{H5158} run{H1980}{(H8802)} into the sea{H3220}; yet the sea{H3220} is not full{H4392}; unto the place{H4725} from whence the rivers{H5158} come{H1980}{(H8802)}, thither they return{H7725}{(H8802)} again{H3212}{(H8800)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    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.

  • 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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 (1862/1898)

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 And fixed My limit for it, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, This far you shall come, but no further; and here shall your proud waves be stopped?
  • Ps 104:6-9 : 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hurried away. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which You have founded for them. 9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they may not return to cover the earth.

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