Ecclesiastes 1:4-8
New International Version
4 Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.(A)
5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.(B)
6 The wind blows to the south
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
ever returning on its course.
7 All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.(C)
8 All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(D)
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:4-8
King James Version
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
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.
8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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Ecclesiastes 1:4-8
New King James Version
4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
(A)But the earth abides forever.
5 (B)The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And [a]hastens to the place where it arose.
6 (C)The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
7 (D)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.
8 All things are [b]full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
(E)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:5 Is eager for, lit. panting
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 wearisome
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