Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Everything leads to weariness--a weariness too great for words. Our eyes can never see enough to be satisfied; our ears can never hear enough. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing. full Ecclesiastes 2:11,26 And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun. . . . Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Romans 8:22,23 For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now. . . . man Ecclesiastes 4:1-4 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any. . . . Ecclesiastes 7:24-26 Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out? . . . the eye Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation. Ecclesiastes 5:10,11 A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity. . . . Psalm 63:5 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips. Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. Proverbs 30:15,16 The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough. . . . Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Revelation 7:16,17 They shall no more hunger nor thirst: neither shall the sun fall on them, nor any heat. . . . Context Everything is Futile…7All 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. 8All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.9What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.… Cross References Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. Ecclesiastes 1:7 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. Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation. Ecclesiastes 5:10 A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity. Haggai 1:9 You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts? because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own house. Jump to Previous Able Ear Enough Express Eye Fill Filled Full Hearing Labour Satisfied Story Toil Utter Uttering Weariness Wearisome WearyingJump to Next Able Ear Enough Express Eye Fill Filled Full Hearing Labour Satisfied Story Toil Utter Uttering Weariness Wearisome WearyingLinks Ecclesiastes 1:8 NIVEcclesiastes 1:8 NLT Ecclesiastes 1:8 ESV Ecclesiastes 1:8 NASB Ecclesiastes 1:8 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 1:8 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 1:8 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 1:8 French Bible Ecclesiastes 1:8 German Bible Alphabetical: able All are can ear enough eye fill filled has hearing is it its Man more never nor not of one satisfied say seeing tell than The things to wearisome with OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are full of weariness beyond (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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