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Ecclesiastes 1:7

World English Bible

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

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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.

Christian Standard Bible

All the streams flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.

English Standard Version

All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.

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.

New American Standard Bible

All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.

New International Version

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

New King James Version

All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again.

New Living Translation

Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.