Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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
Interlinear
Yakol
Dabar
`ayin
Ra'ah
'ozen
References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious
7 All the streams, flow into the sea, yet, the sea, is not full, - unto the place whither the streams flow, thither, do they again flow. 8 All words, are weak, unable is any man to tell, - not satisfied is the eye by seeing, nor filled is the ear with hearing. 9 That which hath been, is the same that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall be done, - and there is, nothing new, under the sun.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 27:20
Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, - neither saith he For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!
Psalm 63:5
As with fatness and richness, shall my soul be satisfied, And, with joyfully shouting lips, shall my mouth utter praise.
Proverbs 30:15-16
The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!
Ecclesiastes 2:11
When, I, looked upon all my works, which my hands had made, and on my toil, whereon I had toilsomely wrought, then lo! all, was vanity, and feeding on wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, - whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:1-4
Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, - and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver nor, he that loveth abundance, with revenue, - -even this, was vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:24-26
Far away, is that which hath been, - and deep, deep, who can find it out?
Matthew 5:6
Happy, they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for, they, shall be filled:
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me! all ye that toil and are burdened, and, I, will give you rest:
Romans 8:22-23
For we know that, all creation, is sighing together, and travailing-in-birth-throes together until the present, -
Revelation 7:16-17
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither in any wise shall the sun fall upon them, nor any burning heat;