Ecclesiastes 1:7
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAll the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
— Ecclesiastes 1:7, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
American Standard Version (ASV)
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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.