Ecclesiastes 1:7

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (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.

Ecclesiastes 1:7 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 1

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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.

7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

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.

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