All things[a] are wearisome;
man is unable to speak.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing(A)
or the ear filled with hearing.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:8 Or words

There is a person without a companion,[a] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.(A) “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:8 Lit person, but there is not a second,

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