Parallel Verses
Amplified
All things are wearisome and all words are frail;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
New American Standard Bible
Man is not able to tell it.
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
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.
Holman Bible
man is unable to speak.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.
International Standard Version
Everything is wearisome, more than man is able to express. The eye is never satisfied by seeing, nor the ear by hearing.
A Conservative Version
All things are full of weariness, man cannot utter [it]. 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.
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
All words becoming weary; man shall not be able to speak: the eye shall not be satisfied to see, and the ear shall not be filled from hearing.
King James 2000
All things are full of weariness; man cannot express it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All things toil continuously; no one can ever finish describing this. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never filled with hearing.
Modern King James verseion
All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All things are so hard, that no man can express them. The eye is not satisfied with sight; the ear is not filled with hearing.
NET Bible
All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.
New Heart English Bible
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The Emphasized Bible
All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, - not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear with hearing.
Webster
All things are full of labor; 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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
ears » Not satisfied with earthly things
Eye » Figurative » Of evil desire, never satisfied
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious
7
All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.
All things are wearisome and all words are frail;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
That which has been is that which will be [again],
And that which has been done is that which will be done again.
So there is nothing new under the sun.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 27:20
Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied;
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There was a certain man—without a dependent, having neither a child nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity (a wisp of smoke, self-conceit); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy task.
Psalm 63:5
My
And my mouth offers praises [to You] with joyful lips.
Proverbs 30:15-16
The leech has two daughters,
“Give, give!”
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four that do not say, “It is enough”:
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I considered all which my hands had done and labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and chasing after the wind and there was no profit (nothing of lasting value) under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who pleases God. This too is vanity and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:1-4
Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its gain. This too is vanity (emptiness).
Ecclesiastes 7:24-26
Whatever has been is far off, deeply remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it [for it is beyond the grasp of man]?
Matthew 5:6
Matthew 11:28
Romans 8:22-23
For we know that the whole creation has been moaning together as in the pains of childbirth until now.
Revelation 7:16-17
They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun