Ecclesiastes 11:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ As you know not what is the way of the wind, or how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you know not the work of God, Who does all.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

Common English Bible

⁵ Just as you don’t understand what the life-breath does in the fetus inside a pregnant woman’s womb, so you can’t understand the work of God, who makes everything happen.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones are joined together in the womb of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the works of God, who is the maker of all.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 Cross References

Job 37:23

Touching the Almighty, we can not find him out; he is excellent in power: And in judgement and plenteous justice he will not afflict.

Job 38:4

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 5:9

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

Psalm 104:24

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

Psalm 40:5

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

Psalm 92:5

How great are thy works, O LORD! Thy thoughts are very deep.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

Ecclesiastes 7:24

That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

Ecclesiastes 8:17

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

Isaiah 40:28

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

John 3:8

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past tracing out!