All the rivers [a]flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers [b]flow,
There they [c]flow again.
All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
(A)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
(B)That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:7 Lit go
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:7 Lit go
  3. Ecclesiastes 1:7 Lit go

All streams flow into the sea,
    yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
    there they return again.(A)
All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(B)
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;(C)
    there is nothing new under the sun.

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