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Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

9That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.

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Cross References

Proverbs 27:20Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do [them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:1And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:24Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?

Matthew 11:28Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:5-9

The Vanity of the World. 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of… Read the whole commentary →

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