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.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet the Preacher opens with the declaration 'Vanity of vanities! All is vanity' and surveys the relentless cycles of nature — sun rising and setting, rivers running to the sea — as evidence that there is nothing new under the …
Other Translations
All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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.
All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.
Cross References
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living …
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: …
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the …
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also …
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there …
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This …
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such …
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the …