Ecclesiastes 11:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

John 3:8

The Spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his voice, but thou knowest not whence he cometh, and whither he goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Psalm 92:5

Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it.

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

Isaiah 40:28

Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth. He shall not faint nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.

Psalm 104:24

And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,

Ecclesiastes 7:24

I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,

Psalm 40:5

I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

Job 38:4

Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? Tell me if thou hast understanding.

Job 37:23

We cannot find him worthily. He is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice: and he is ineffable.

Job 5:9

Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

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

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.