Ecclesiastes 1:8

What does Ecclesiastes 1:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 1:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

v.8This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 7:16

    They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:

  • Ecclesiastes 4:8

    There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

  • Romans 8:22

    For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:11

    Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Matthew 5:6

    Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

  • Proverbs 27:20

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

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