Ecclesiastes 1:8 “All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not s…”

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

World English Bible

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

American Standard Version

All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Geneva Bible 1599

All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

Darby Translation

All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Young's Literal Translation

All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

Bible in Basic English

All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

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Cross references

“full”

Matthew 11:28 Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 2:26 Romans 8:22 Romans 8:23

Matthew 11:28 · BSB

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 · BSB

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 · BSB

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile…

Romans 8:22 · BSB

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

Romans 8:23 · BSB

Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

“man”

Ecclesiastes 4:1–4 Ecclesiastes 7:24–26

Ecclesiastes 4:1–4 · BSB

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 7:24–26 · BSB

What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

“the eye”

Proverbs 27:20 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Psalm 63:5 Matthew 5:6 Ecclesiastes 5:10 Ecclesiastes 5:11

Proverbs 27:20 · BSB

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 · BSB

There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—…

Psalm 63:5 · BSB

My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.

Matthew 5:6 · BSB

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 · BSB

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 5:11 · BSB

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

9What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

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