Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
KJV
Cunctæ res difficiles ; non potest eas homo explicare sermone. Non saturatur oculus visu, nec auris auditu impletur.
Vulgate
πάντες οἱ λόγοι ἔγκοποι· οὐ δυνήσεται ἀνὴρ τοῦ λαλεῖν, καὶ οὐ πλησθήσεται ὀφθαλμὸς τοῦ ὁρᾶν, καὶ οὐ πληρωθήσεται οὖς ἀπὸ ἀκροάσεως.
LXX
All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
ASV
כָּל הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים יְגֵעִ֔ים לֹא יוּכַ֥ל אִ֖ישׁ לְ/דַבֵּ֑ר לֹא תִשְׂבַּ֥ע עַ֨יִן֙ לִ/רְא֔וֹת וְ/לֹא תִמָּלֵ֥א אֹ֖זֶן מִ/שְּׁמֹֽעַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I
- Job 5:7 — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
- Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- Prov 27:20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- Prov 27:20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.