Ecclesiastes 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Prov 27:20 : 20 The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
  • Eccl 4:1-4 : 1 And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter. 2 So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life. 3 Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun. 4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
  • Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun: 17 For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
  • Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
  • Rom 8:22-23 : 22 For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now. 23 And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them? 11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
  • Eccl 7:24-26 : 24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it? 25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses. 26 And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough: 16 The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

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  • Eccl 1:9-11
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    9That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

    11There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

  • Eccl 1:7
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    7All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    13And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

    14I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

    15That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

    11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Eccl 4:6-8
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    6One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

    7Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

    8It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
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    2All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

    3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:20-25
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    20So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

    21Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

    22What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

    23All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

    24There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

    25Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

  • Eccl 6:9-11
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    9What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

    10That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Prov 27:20
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    20The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
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    9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

    10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

    11He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

  • Eccl 12:12
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    12And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    10When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

    11The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

  • Job 13:1
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    1Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

    18Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Eccl 3:15
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    15Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

  • Isa 32:3
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    3And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.