Ecclesiastes 3:11
The whole He has made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He has put in their heart without which man does not find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10I have seen the travail that God has given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
12I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
Cross References
Genesis 1:31And God sees all that He has done, and behold, [it is] very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—the sixth day.
Job 5:9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
Job 37:23The Mighty! We have not found Him out, || High in power and judgment, || He does not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
Ecclesiastes 7:29See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 11:5As you do not know what [is] the way of the spirit, || How—bones in the womb of the full one, || So you do not know the work of God who makes the whole.
Matthew 13:22And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, chokes the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →