Ecclesiastes 3:11
All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: 1 He has also set the whole world in their heart, 1 That man might not find out 1 The work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end. 1
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In Context
10I have seen all the trouble, 1 Which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with. 1
12I know that there is no good in them, 1 Except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:31And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Job 5:9Who does great things and untraceable, 1 Glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number: 1
Job 37:23And we do not find another his equal in strength: 1 As for him that judges justly, dost thou not think that he listens? 1
Ecclesiastes 7:29But, behold, this have I found, 1 That God made man upright; 1 But they have sought out many devices. 1 Who knows the wise? 1 And who knows the interpretation of a saying?
Ecclesiastes 11:5Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: 1 As the bones are hidden in the womb of a pregnant woman, 1 So thou shalt not know the works of God, 1 Even all things whatsoever he shall do. 1
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 →