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Ecclesiastes 3:11

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9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

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.

12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it 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 both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

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  • Romans 1:19–20

    Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

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  • Job 11:7

    Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:17

    Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

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  • Job 5:9

    Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

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  • Mark 7:37

    And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

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  • Psalms 104:24

    O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

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  • Genesis 1:31

    And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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