Ecclesiastes 1:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 1:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 1:8 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearin..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 — KJV
“All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.”
— Ecclesiastes 1:8 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 1:8 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 1:8
“Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 1:8: things, utter, seeing
“[A Song of degrees of David.] LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. exercise...: Heb. walk high: Heb. wonderful”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 1:8: things, eye, nor
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 1:8: eye, seeing, ear
“Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 1:8: things, utter, eye
“Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 1:8: seeing, ear, filled
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