Parallel Verses
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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Context Readings
All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious
7 All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again. 8 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. 9 What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.
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Cross References
Proverbs 27:20
As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!
Psalm 63:5
As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
Proverbs 30:15-16
The leech has two daughters: "Give! Give!" There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, "Enough" --
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless -- like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth."
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind!
Ecclesiastes 4:1-4
So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.
Ecclesiastes 7:24-26
Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.
Matthew 5:6
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Romans 8:22-23
For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.
Revelation 7:16-17
They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat,