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.
Cross-reference
Job 38:10
Parallel
Job 38:10 reveals God setting boundaries for the sea, explaining why the sea never fills — a divine answer to the observation here.
Job 38:11
Parallel
Job 38:10 reveals God setting boundaries for the sea, explaining why the sea never fills — a divine answer to the observation here.
Psalm 104:6–9
Parallel
Psalm 104:6-9 describes God's sovereign boundaries for the waters—the same hydrologic cycle Ecclesiastes 1:7 observes as a repetitive, unfulfilling pattern.
Genesis 1:9
Historical context
Genesis 1:9 records God gathering the waters into seas—the origin of the endless cycle Ecclesiastes 1:7 notes as part of nature's monotony.