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


In Context

5 The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,

6 Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.

7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.

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.

9 What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.

10 Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it:] the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:8All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.