Ecclesiastes 1:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.”
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“All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.”
King James Version · Public Domain“All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 1:8 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- Proverbs 30:15The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
- Ecclesiastes 2:11Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
- Ecclesiastes 7:24What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
- Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Romans 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
- Revelation 7:16‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
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