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Ecclesiastes 3:11

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9 What does the worker gain from his toil?

10 I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

13 and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

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BSB
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
KJV
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
WEB
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
ASV
He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
DARBY
He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.
BLB
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also eternity put in their heart, without which a man cannot find out the work that God has done from beginning even to end.
ÅB
Alt har han gjort skjønt i sin tid; også evigheten har han lagt i deres hjerte, men slik at mennesket ikke til fulle kan forstå det verk Gud har gjort, fra begynnelsen til enden.
OTB
Han har gjort alt vakkert i sin tid. Han har også lagt evigheten i menneskets hjerte, men likevel kan ingen fatte hva Gud har gjort fra begynnelse til slutt.
B1930
Alt har han gjort skjønt i sin tid; også evigheten har han lagt i deres hjerte, men således at mennesket ikke til fulle kan forstå det verk Gud har gjort, fra begynnelsen til enden.

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Cross references

  • Romans 11:33

    O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

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  • Romans 1:19–20

    For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

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  • Job 11:7

    Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:17

    I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

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  • Job 5:9

    the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

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  • Mark 7:37

    The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

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  • Psalms 104:24

    How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

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  • Genesis 1:31

    And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

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