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 · 2000All 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 · 1611All 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 · 1901All 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 · 1949All 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 · 1862All 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) · 1752All 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 · 1890All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Context
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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