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Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of weariness;

a man cannot utter it;

kthe eye is not satisfied with seeing,

nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Ecclesiastes 1:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

All things are wearisome,

more than one can say.

The eye never has enough of seeing,

nor the ear its fill of hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

All things are full of labor;

Man cannot express it.

The eye is not satisfied with seeing,

Nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

Everything is boring,

so boring that you don’t even want to talk about it.

Words come again and again to our ears,

but we never hear enough,

nor can we ever really see all we want to see.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

All of these sayings are worn-out phrases. They are more than anyone can express, comprehend, or understand. 

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

All things are wearisome;

man is unable to speak.

The eye is not satisfied by seeing

or the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

All things are wearisome;

more than one can express;

the eye is not satisfied with seeing,

or the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

All things are tiresome.

They are more tiresome than anyone can say.

But our eyes never see enough of anything.

Our ears never hear enough.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

All things are wearisome;

Man is not able to tell it.

The eye is not satisfied with seeing,

Nor is the ear filled with hearing.


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