Ecclesiastes 1:8 - Easy To Read Version8 Words can’t fully explain things. {\cf2\super [3]} But people continue speaking. {\cf2\super [4]} Words come again and again to our ears. But our ears don’t become full. And our eyes don’t become full of the things we see. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17698 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition8 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.] Féach an chaibidilAmerican 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. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible8 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. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version8 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. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version8 All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing. Féach an chaibidil |
If a person does good and pleases God, then God will give that person wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But a person that sins will get only the work of gathering and carrying things. God takes from the bad person and gives to the good person. But all this work is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [14]}
A person might not have any family. He might not have a son or even a brother. But that person will continue to work very, very hard. That person is never satisfied with what he has. And he works so hard that he never stops and asks himself, “Why am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy my life?” This is also a very bad and senseless thing.
The Lord All-Powerful says, “You people look for a big harvest. But when you go to gather the crop, there is only a little grain. So you bring that grain home. And then I \{send a wind that\} blows it all away! Why are these things happening? Why? Because my house is still in ruins while each of you runs home to take care of his own house.