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Ecclesiastes 3:11

WEB

11He 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.

KJV

11He 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.

BSB

11He 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.

FBV

11Everything God does is beautifully timed, and even though he has also placed the idea of eternity[+] in our minds, we can't fully understand what God does from beginning to end.

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Extra References

Romans 1:19-20

19because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them. 20For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.


Romans 11:33

33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!


Job 11:7

7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?


Ecclesiastes 8:17

17then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.


Job 5:9

9who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;


Mark 7:37

37They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”


Psalms 104:24

24LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.


Genesis 1:31

31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.


Ecclesiastes 7:29

29Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”


Deuteronomy 32:4

4The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.