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.


In Context

5 Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

6 Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.

7 All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

8 All 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.

9 What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

10 There is a thing of which one saith: 'See this, it is new!' already it hath been 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:8All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with 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 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.