7All 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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Matthew Henry
(vv. 4-8)To prove the vanity of all things under the sun, and their insufficiency to make us happy, Solomon here shows, 1. That the time of our enjoyment of these things is very short, and only while we accomplish as a hireling his day . We continue in the world but for one generation, which is continually passing away to make room for another, and we are passing with it. Our worldly possessions we very la...
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