Ecclesiastes 1:7
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 1:7 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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 (ASV)English
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Alle Flüsse gehen in das Meer, und das Meer wird nicht voll; an den Ort, wohin die Flüsse gehen, dorthin gehen sie immer wieder.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Los ríos todos van á la mar, y la mar no se hinche; al lugar de donde los ríos vinieron, allí tornan para correr de nuevo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Todos os rios vão para o mar, e contudo o mar não se enche; ao lugar onde os ribeiros correm, para ali eles voltam a correr.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Todos os rios correm para o mar, mas o mar nunca se enche. Ao lugar para onde os rios vão, para ali, eles irão novamente.
📖 Ecclesiastes 1:7 in Context
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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