Ecclesiastes 1:7
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All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.

the rivers run

Job 38:10,11 I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors: . . .

Psalm 104:6-9 The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand. . . .

return again

Context
Everything is Futile
6Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits. 7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.8All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:6
Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.

Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.

Lexicon
All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the rivers
הַנְּחָלִים֙ (han·nə·ḥā·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

flow
הֹלְכִ֣ים (hō·lə·ḵîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the sea,
הַיָּ֔ם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

yet the sea
וְהַיָּ֖ם (wə·hay·yām)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

is never
אֵינֶ֣נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

full;
מָלֵ֑א (mā·lê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4392: Full, filling, fulness, fully

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the place
מְק֗וֹם (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

from which the streams
שֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙ (še·han·nə·ḥā·lîm)
Pronoun - relative, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

come,
הֹֽלְכִ֔ים (hō·lə·ḵîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

there
שָׁ֛ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

again
שָׁבִ֖ים (šā·ḇîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

they
הֵ֥ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

flow.
לָלָֽכֶת׃ (lā·lā·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk


Additional Translations
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, thither they return again.

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

All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

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

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

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

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.
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