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Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
American Standard Version
7 All the [a]rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. 8 [b]All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:7 Or, torrents
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 Or, All words are feeble
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
New International Version
7 All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.(A)
8 All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(B)
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;(C)
there is nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
King James Version
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.
8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
New King James Version
7 (A)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.
8 All things are [a]full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
(B)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 (C)That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 wearisome
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
English Standard Version
7 All (A)streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
8 All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
(B)the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 (C)What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
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English Standard Version (ESV) 
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