Verse 17

Then I beheld{H7200}{(H8804)} all the work{H4639} of God{H430}, that a man{H120} cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} find out{H4672}{(H8800)} the work{H4639} that is done{H6213}{(H8738)} under the sun{H8121}: because{H834} though{H7945} a man{H120} labour{H5998}{(H8799)} to seek it out{H1245}{(H8763)}, yet he shall not find{H4672}{(H8799)} it; yea further; though a wise{H2450} man think{H559}{(H8799)} to know{H3045}{(H8800)} it, yet shall he not be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to find{H4672}{(H8800)} it.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 He hath made{H6213}{(H8804)} every thing beautiful{H3303} in his time{H6256}: also he hath set{H5414}{(H8804)} the world{H5769} in their heart{H3820}, so that{H1097} no man{H120} can find out{H4672}{(H8799)} the work{H4639} that God{H430} maketh{H6213}{(H8804)} from the beginning{H7218} to the end{H5490}.
  • Ps 73:16 : 16 When I thought{H2803}{H8762)} to know{H3045}{H8800)} this, it was too painful{H5999} for me{H5869};
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O{G5599} the depth{G899} of the riches{G4149} both{G2532} of the wisdom{G4678} and{G2532} knowledge{G1108} of God{G2316}! how{G5613} unsearchable{G419} are his{G846} judgments{G2917}, and{G2532} his{G846} ways{G3598} past finding out{G421}!
  • Job 5:9 : 9 Which doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} great things{H1419} and unsearchable{H369}{H2714}; marvellous things{H6381}{(H8737)} without number{H4557}:
  • Eccl 7:23-24 : 23 All this{H2090} have I proved{H5254}{(H8765)} by wisdom{H2451}: I said{H559}{(H8804)}, I will be wise{H2449}{(H8799)}; but it was far{H7350} from me. 24 That which is far off{H7350}, and exceeding deep{H6013}, who can find it out{H4672}{(H8799)}?
  • Eccl 11:5 : 5 As thou knowest{H3045}{(H8802)} not what is the way{H1870} of the spirit{H7307}, nor how the bones{H6106} do grow in the womb{H990} of her that is with child{H4392}: even so thou knowest{H3045}{(H8799)} not the works{H4639} of God{H430} who maketh{H6213}{(H8799)} all.
  • Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known{H3045}{(H8804)}? hast thou not heard{H8085}{(H8804)}, that the everlasting{H5769} God{H430}, the LORD{H3068}, the Creator{H1254}{(H8802)} of the ends{H7098} of the earth{H776}, fainteth{H3286}{(H8799)} not, neither is weary{H3021}{(H8799)}? there is no searching{H2714} of his understanding{H8394}.
  • Job 11:7-9 : 7 Canst thou by searching{H2714} find out{H4672}{(H8799)} God{H433}? canst thou find{H4672}{(H8799)} out the Almighty{H7706} unto perfection{H8503}? 8 It is as high{H1363} as heaven{H8064}; what canst thou do{H6466}{(H8799)}? deeper{H6013} than hell{H7585}; what canst thou know{H3045}{(H8799)}? 9 The measure{H4055} thereof is longer{H752} than the earth{H776}, and broader{H7342} than the sea{H3220}.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Many{H7227}, O LORD{H3068} my God{H430}, are thy wonderful{H6381}{H8737)} works which thou hast done{H6213}{H8804)}, and thy thoughts{H4284} which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order{H6186}{H8800)} unto thee: if I would declare{H5046}{H8686)} and speak{H1696}{H8762)} of them, they are more{H6105}{H8804)} than can be numbered{H5608}{H8763)}.
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O LORD{H3068}, how manifold{H7231}{(H8804)} are thy works{H4639}! in wisdom{H2451} hast thou made{H6213}{(H8804)} them all: the earth{H776} is full{H4390}{(H8804)} of thy riches{H7075}.
  • Prov 30:3-4 : 3 I neither learned{H3925}{(H8804)} wisdom{H2451}, nor have{H3045}{(H8799)} the knowledge{H1847} of the holy{H6918}. 4 Who hath ascended up{H5927}{(H8804)} into heaven{H8064}, or descended{H3381}{(H8799)}? who hath gathered{H622}{(H8804)} the wind{H7307} in his fists{H2651}? who hath bound{H6887}{(H8804)} the waters{H4325} in a garment{H8071}? who hath established{H6965}{(H8689)} all the ends{H657} of the earth{H776}? what is his name{H8034}, and what is his son's{H1121} name{H8034}, if thou canst tell{H3045}{(H8799)}?