Ecclesiastes 11:5

Modern English Version

Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones grow to fullness in the womb of a woman with child; so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Cross References

Job 37:23

Concerning the Almighty, we cannot find Him out; He is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in much righteousness He will not oppress.

Job 38:4

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

Job 5:9

who does the great and the inscrutable, wonders without number.

Psalm 104:24

O  Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions.

Psalm 40:5

You have multiplied, O  Lord my God, Your wondrous deeds and Your thoughts toward us; none can compare with You. if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Psalm 92:5

O  Lord, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep!

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I set my heart to seek and to investigate with wisdom everything that is done under heaven. It is a burdensome task that God has given to humanity to be occupied with.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

It moves to the south, and then moves around to the north. The wind continually travels around, and it keeps turning on its circuit.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the task that God has given to people to be concerned with.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also put obscurity in their hearts so that people do not come to know the work that God has done from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 7:24

That which exists is far off and so deep that it is incomprehensible. Who can discover it?

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I observed all the work of God, that one cannot understand what is happening under the sun. Though a person may toil in seeking, he will not understand it. Even if a wise man claims to know, he is not able to understand it.

Isaiah 40:28

Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint, nor is He weary? His understanding is inscrutable.

John 3:8

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Romans 11:33

Oh the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable are His ways!