Ecclesiastes 8:17

New International Reader's Version

I saw everything God has done. No one can understand what happens on earth. People might try very hard to figure it out. But they still can’t discover what it all means. Wise people might claim they know. But they can’t really understand it either.

Cross References

Job 5:9

He does wonderful things that can’t be understood. He does miracles that can’t even be counted.

Psalm 104:24

Lord, you have made so many things! How wise you were when you made all of them! The earth is full of your creatures.

Psalm 40:5

Lord my God, no one can compare with you. You have done many wonderful things. You have planned to do these things for us. There are too many of them for me to talk about.

Psalm 73:16

I tried to understand it all. But it was more than I could handle.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to study things carefully. I used my wisdom to check everything out. I looked into everything that is done on earth. What a heavy load God has put on human beings!

Ecclesiastes 11:5

You don’t know the path the wind takes. You don’t know how a baby is made inside its mother. So you can’t understand how God works either. He made everything.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also given people a sense of who he is. But they can’t completely understand what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Think about what God has done. Who can make straight what he has made crooked?

Isaiah 40:28

Don’t you know who made everything? Haven’t you heard about him? The Lord is the God who lives forever. He created everything on earth. He won’t become worn out or get tired. No one will ever know how great his understanding is.

Romans 11:33

How very rich are God’s wisdom and knowledge! How he judges is more than we can understand! The way he deals with people is more than we can know!