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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.

KJV

Omnia flumina intrant in mare, et mare non redundat ; ad locum unde exeunt flumina revertuntur ut iterum fluant.

Vulgate

πάντες οἱ χείμαρροι πορεύονται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἡ θάλασσα οὐκ ἔσται ἐμπιμπλαμένη· εἰς τόπον οἱ χείμαρροι πορεύονται, ἐκεῖ αὐτοὶ ἐπιστρέφουσιν τοῦ πορευθῆναι.

LXX

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

ASV

כָּל הַ/נְּחָלִים֙ הֹלְכִ֣ים אֶל הַ/יָּ֔ם וְ/הַ/יָּ֖ם אֵינֶ֣/נּוּ מָלֵ֑א אֶל מְק֗וֹם שֶׁ֤/הַ/נְּחָלִים֙ הֹֽלְכִ֔ים שָׁ֛ם הֵ֥ם שָׁבִ֖ים לָ/לָֽכֶת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְלֵאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 58×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:9 — And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Job 38:10 — And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,