Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 All rivers flow to the sea,
yet never does the sea become full.
To the place where they flow,
the rivers continue to flow.
8 All things are wearisome,[a]
too wearisome for words.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing
nor has the ear enough of hearing.(A)
9 What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun!(B)
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- 1:8 All things are wearisome: or, “All speech is wearisome.”
Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
New International Version
7 All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.(A)
8 All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(B)
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;(C)
there is nothing new under the sun.
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