Ecclesiastes 8:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I saw everything God does, and I realized that no one can really understand what happens. We may be very wise, but no matter how much we try or how much we claim to know, we cannot understand it all.

Cross References

Job 5:9

His miracles are marvellous, more than we can count.

Psalm 104:24

Our LORD, by your wisdom you made so many things; the whole earth is covered with your living creatures.

Psalm 40:5

You, LORD God, have done many wonderful things, and you have planned marvellous things for us. No one is like you! I would never be able to tell all you have done.

Psalm 73:16

It was hard for me to understand all this!

Ecclesiastes 1:13

With all my wisdom I tried to understand everything that happens here on earth. And God has made this so hard for us humans to do.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

No one can explain how a baby breathes before it is born. So how can anyone explain what God does? After all, he created everything.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Think of what God has done! If God makes something crooked, can you make it straight?

Isaiah 40:28

Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The LORD is the eternal God, Creator of the earth. He never gets weary or tired; his wisdom cannot be measured.

Romans 11:33

Who can measure the wealth and wisdom and knowledge of God? Who can understand his decisions or explain what he does?