Ecclesiastes 11:5

Good News Translation

God made everything, and you can no more understand what he does than you understand how new life begins in the womb of a pregnant woman.

Cross References

Job 37:23

God's power is so great that we cannot come near him; he is righteous and just in his dealings with us.

Job 38:4

Were you there when I made the world? If you know so much, tell me about it.

Job 5:9

We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end.

Psalm 104:24

Lord, you have made so many things! How wisely you made them all! The earth is filled with your creatures.

Psalm 40:5

You have done many things for us, O Lord our God; there is no one like you! You have made many wonderful plans for us. I could never speak of them all— their number is so great!

Psalm 92:5

How great are your actions, Lord! How deep are your thoughts!

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I determined that I would examine and study all the things that are done in this world. God has laid a miserable fate upon us.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind blows south, the wind blows north—round and round and back again.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I know the heavy burdens that God has laid on us.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has set the right time for everything. He has given us a desire to know the future, but never gives us the satisfaction of fully understanding what he does.

Ecclesiastes 7:24

How can anyone discover what life means? It is too deep for us, too hard to understand.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

and never be able to understand what God is doing. However hard you try, you will never find out. The wise may claim to know, but they don't.

Isaiah 40:28

Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The Lord is the everlasting God; he created all the world. He never grows tired or weary. No one understands his thoughts.

John 3:8

The wind blows wherever it wishes; you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is like that with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Romans 11:33

How great are God's riches! How deep are his wisdom and knowledge! Who can explain his decisions? Who can understand his ways?