Ecclesiastes 1:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

Young's Literal Translation
All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

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

Hebrew
All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

things
הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

are wearisome,
יְגֵעִ֔ים (yə·ḡê·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3023: Weary, wearisome

more
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

than one
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

can describe;
לְדַבֵּ֑ר (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

the eye
עַ֙יִן֙ (‘a·yin)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

is not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

satisfied
תִשְׂבַּ֥ע (ṯiś·ba‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

with seeing,
לִרְא֔וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7200: To see

nor
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

the ear
אֹ֖זֶן (’ō·zen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear

content
תִמָּלֵ֥א (ṯim·mā·lê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

with hearing.
מִשְּׁמֹֽעַ׃ (miš·šə·mō·a‘)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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