Ecclesiastes 1:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 1:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַנְּחָלִים֙
nachal
H5158
wadi
הֹלְכִ֣ים
hâlak
H1980
to walk
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַיָּ֔ם
yâm
H3220
sea
וְהַיָּ֖ם
yâm
H3220
sea
אֵינֶ֣נּוּ
ʼayin
H369
nothing
מָלֵ֑א
mâlêʼ
H4392
full
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מְק֗וֹם
mâqôwm
H4725
place
שֶׁ֤הַנְּחָלִים֙
nachal
H5158
wadi
הֹֽלְכִ֔ים
hâlak
H1980
to walk
שָׁ֛ם
shâm
H8033
there
הֵ֥ם
hêm
H1992
they
שָׁבִ֖ים
shûwb
H7725
to return
לָלָֽכֶת
yâlak
H3212
to walk
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World English Bible Public Domain
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
All the rivers are going to the sea, but the sea—there is no fullness of it. To a place that the rivers are going— there, they are going again.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).