7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
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
7 All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.
7 All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea never fills up. The rivers keep flowing to the same old place, and then start all over and do it again.
7 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.
7 Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:7
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:4-8
(Read Ecclesiastes 1:4-8)
All things change, and never rest. Man, after all his labour, is no nearer finding rest than the sun, the wind, or the current of the river. His soul will find no rest, if he has it not from God. The senses are soon tired, yet still craving what is untried.