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Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • 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.

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

  • 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.

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

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.

8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

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