Ecclesiastes 1:7

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 38:10-11 : 10 And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors, 11 And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
  • Ps 104:6-9 : 6 The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand. 7 From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away. 8 They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them. 9 A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.

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