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Ecclesiastes 1:7 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 1 · verse 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.Ecclesiastes 1:7 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:7 in context
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9The 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- riversnachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- fullmâlêʼfull or fillingH4392 →
- runhâlakto walkH1980 →
- seayâma sea or large body of waterH3220 →
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To prove the vanity of all things under the sun, and their insufficiency to make us happy, Solomon here shows, 1. That the time of our enjoyment of these things is very short, and only while we accomplish as a hireling his day.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-8