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Ecclesiastes 1:8

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8All things toil continuously;d

no one can ever finish describing this.e

The eye is neverf satisfied with seeing,

and the ear is neverg filled with hearing.

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Footnotes

  1. dOr “are wearisome”
  2. eThe MT reads “no one is able to speak.” The BHS editors suggest “no one can finish speaking.” On the basis of internal evidence, the latter is adopted in the translation, since it makes better sense in the light of the immediate context
  3. fOr “not”
  4. gOr “not”

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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.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

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.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

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.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

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.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

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.

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