Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 1:7
American Standard Version
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Amplified® Bible
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from which the rivers come, to there {and} from there they return again.
Contemporary English Version
All rivers empty into the sea, but it never spills over; one by one the rivers return to their source.
Darby English Version
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
Good News Bible
Every river flows into the sea, but the sea is not yet full. The water returns to where the rivers began, and starts all over again.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
New International Version
All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.
New King James Version
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.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea does not fill.To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again.
Revised Standard Version
All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
