Ecclesiastes 1:8

American Standard Version

All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Ecclesiastes 1:8 in other translations

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:8 in context

  1. 6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
  2. 7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
  3. 8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
  4. 9That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
  5. 10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.