Ecclesiastes 1:7
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full,.... Which flow from fountains or an formed by hasty rains;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The place - i. e., The spring or river-head. It would seem that the ancient Hebrews regarded the clouds as the immediate…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 1:4-8
To prove the vanity of all things under the sun, and their insufficiency to make us happy, Solomon here shows, 1. That…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full The words express the wonder of the earliest observers of the…