God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. American Standard Version (1901) He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. Common English Bible God has made everything fitting in its time, but has also placed eternity in their hearts, without enabling them to discover what God has done from beginning to end. Catholic Public Domain Version He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
Can you fathom the depths of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
The Almighty #– #we cannot reach him – he is exalted in power! He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness,
The Lord has prepared everything for his purpose – even the wicked for the day of disaster.
I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
Just as you don’t know the path of the wind, or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman, so also you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
Consider the work of God, for who can straighten out what he has made crooked?
I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, ‘I will be wise,’ but it was beyond me.
Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes.’
I observed all the work of God and concluded that a person is unable to discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though a person labours hard to explore it, he cannot find it; even if a wise person claims to know it, he is unable to discover it.
All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
Now the one sown among the thorns #– #this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
They were extremely astonished and said, ‘He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.’
And because they did not think it worth while to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgements and untraceable his ways!
The Rock #– #his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true.