Ecclesiastes 1:7-9

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⁷All rivers flow again and again to the same place. They all flow to the sea, but the sea never becomes full.

⁸Words cannot fully explain things,^[a] but people continue speaking.^[b] Words come again and again to our ears, but our ears don’t become full. And our eyes don’t become full of what we see.

Nothing Is New

⁹All things continue the way they have been since the beginning. The same things will be done that have always been done. There is nothing new in this life.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 1:8 Words cannot fully explain things Literally, “All words are weak.”
Ecclesiastes 1:8 but people continue speaking The Hebrew could also be translated, “People cannot speak.”