Ecclesiastes 1:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. [Prov. 27:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁸ All words are tiring; no one is able to speak. The eye isn’t satisfied with seeing, neither is the ear filled up by hearing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 Cross References

Psalm 63:5

My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips,

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

a person who has no one, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

Haggai 1:9

You have looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while you busy yourselves each with his own house.

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.