Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
yet the sea is never full.
The streams are flowing to the place,
and they flow there again.
New American Standard Bible
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers
There they
King James 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.
International Standard Version
All the rivers flow toward the sea, but the sea is never full; then rivers return to the headwaters where they began.
A Conservative Version
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from where the rivers come, there they go again.
American Standard Version
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Amplified
All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Julia Smith Translation
All the torrents going into the sea, and the sea not full: to the place the torrents going, there they turn back to go.
King James 2000
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All floods run into the sea, and yet the sea is not filled: for look, unto what place the waters run, thence they come again.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
The Emphasized Bible
All the streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, - unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow.
Webster
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
World English Bible
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
Youngs Literal Translation
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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious
6
turning to the north,
turning, turning, goes the wind,
and the wind returns in its cycles.
yet the sea is never full.
The streams are flowing to the place,
and they flow there again.
man is unable to speak.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.
Cross References
Job 38:10-11
and put its bars and doors in place,
Psalm 104:6-9
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.