All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(A)
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.

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

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All things are [a]full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
(A)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:8 wearisome

Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
    yet their appetite is never satisfied.(A)

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All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

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(A)All the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied.

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