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All rivers flow again and again to the same place. They all flow to the sea, but the sea never becomes full.

Words cannot fully explain things,[a] but people continue speaking.[b] Words come again and again to our ears, but our ears don’t become full. And our eyes don’t become full of what we see.

Nothing Is New

All things continue the way they have been since the beginning. The same things will be done that have always been done. There is nothing new in this life.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:8 Words cannot fully explain things Literally, “All words are weak.”
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:8 but people continue speaking The Hebrew could also be translated, “People cannot speak.”

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