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Ecclesiastes 1:8

Everything becomes wearisome, 2 and no one can explain it. 1 The eye is not satisfied by what it sees, 2 nor is the ear fulfilled by what it hears. 1

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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 flow into the sea, 2 but the sea is never full. 1 To the place where the rivers go, 2 there they go again. 1

9Whatever has been is what will be, 2 and whatever has been done is what will be done. 1 There is nothing new under the sun. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 27:20Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, 1 so a man's eyes are never satisfied. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on all the deeds that my hands had accomplished, 2 and on the work that I had done, 1 but again, everything was vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind. 2 There was no profit under the sun in it. 1

Ecclesiastes 4:1Once again I thought about all the oppression that is done under the sun. 1 And behold, the tears of oppressed people, 2 and they had no one to comfort them! 1 Power was in the hand of their oppressors, 2 and there was no one to comfort them! 1

Ecclesiastes 5:10Anyone who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, 2 and anyone who loves wealth always wants more. 1 This, too, is vapor. 1

Ecclesiastes 7:24Wisdom is far off and very deep. 2 Who can find it? 1

Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy 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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