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Ecclesiastes 1:8

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8All things iare wearisome;

man is unable to speak.

The eye is not satisfied by seeing j

or the ear filled with hearing.

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Footnotes

  1. i1:8 Or words

Cross references

  1. j1:8 Pr 27:20; Ec 4:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All things are full of weariness;

a man cannot utter it;

the eye is not satisfied with seeing,

nor the ear filled with hearing.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All things are wearisome,

more than one can say.

The eye never has enough of seeing,

nor the ear its fill of hearing.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All things are wearisome,

more than anyone can say.

The eye is not satisfied by seeing

or the ear filled with hearing.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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.