Ecclesiastes 1:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

All thinges are so harde to be knowen, that no man can expresse them: The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearyng.

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  • Prov 27:20 : 20 Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: yet saith he not for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you.
  • Eccl 4:1-4 : 1 So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done vnder the sunne: and beholde the teares of such as were oppressed, and there was no man to comfort them, or that woulde deliuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours. 2 Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue? 3 Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne. 4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour that euery man taketh in hande, was done of enuie agaynst his neighbour: This is also a vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde.
  • Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate. 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
  • Ps 63:5 : 5 My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes: and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes.
  • Rom 8:22-23 : 22 For we knowe, that euery creature groneth with vs also, and trauayleth in payne, euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they, but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite, and we our selues mourne in our selues, and wayte for the adoption, euen the deliueraunce of our body.
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng. 11 Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes?
  • Eccl 7:24-26 : 24 yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her. 25 I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles. 26 And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed (are) they, which do hunger and thirste (after) righteousnes: for they shalbe satisfied.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The horse leache hath two daughters crying: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied, yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe: 16 The graue, the barren wombe, and the earth that hath neuer water enough: as for fire it sayth neuer hoe.
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde.

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  • Eccl 1:9-11
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    9The thyng that hath ben, commeth to passe agayne, and the thyng that hath ben done, shalbe done agayne: There is no newe thyng vnder the sunne.

    10Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs.

    11The thyng that is past is out of remembraunce: euen so the thynges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpon among them that come after.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Eccl 1:7
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    7All fluddes runne into the sea, and yet is the sea it selfe not fylled: For loke vnto what place the waters runne, thence they come to flowe agayne.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    13And dyd applie my mynde to seke out & searche for knowledge of all thynges that are done vnder heauen: Such trauayle and labour hath God geuen vnto the children of men, to exercise them selues therin.

    14Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

    15The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde, and that of suche a fashion, that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night.

    17I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle.

    11But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 4:6-8
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    6One handfull saith he is better with rest, then both the handes full with labour and trauayle of mynde.

    7Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.

    8There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: yet saith he not for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
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    2All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.

    3For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 2:20-25
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    20So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all such trauayle as I toke vnder the sunne,

    21Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie.

    22For what getteth a man of all the labour and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne?

    23But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng.

    24Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God.

    25For who wyll eate or go more lustyly to his worke then I?

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    9The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde.

    10The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he.

    11Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16As for the people that haue ben before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable, and they that come after him shall not reioyce in him: This is also a vayne thyng, and vexation of mynde.

  • Prov 27:20
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    20Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied.

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    8All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
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    9What hath a man els that doth any thyng, but weerinesse and labour?

    10For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto men, I see that he hath geuen it them to be exercised in it.

    11All this hath he ordeyned marueilous goodly, to euery thyng his due tyme: He hath planted ignoraunce also in the heartes of men, that they shoulde not comprehende the ground of his workes which he doth from the begynnyng to the ende.

    12So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?

  • Eccl 12:12
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    12Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this: for to make many bookes, it is an endlesse worke, and to muche studie weerieth the body.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    10He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng.

    11Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes?

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour that euery man taketh in hande, was done of enuie agaynst his neighbour: This is also a vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.

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    1Lo, all this haue I seene with mine eye, heard with mine eare, and vnderstande it.

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    3Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.

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    18Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.

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    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

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    1There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men:

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    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17Yea, my heart had great experience of wisdome & knowledge: for thervnto I applied my mynde, that I myght knowe what were wisdome and vnderstandyng, what were errour and foolishnesse: and I perceaued that this was also but a vexation of mynde.

    18For where much wisdome is, there is also great trauayle and disquietnesse: and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care.

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    15The thyng that hath ben, is nowe: and the thyng that is for to come, hath ben afore time: for God restoreth againe the thyng that was past.

  • Isa 32:3
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    3The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim, and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede.