Ecclesiastes 3:11

God maketh every thing good in its time; but he hath put the world into the heart of man, so that he understandeth not the work which God doeth, from the beginning to the end.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10I have seen the business which God hath given to the sons of men to exercise themselves therewith.

12I know that there is nothing better for a man than that he should rejoice and enjoy good his life long.

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Cross References

Job 5:9Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;

Job 37:23The Almighty, we cannot find him out; Great is he in power and justice, Abundant in righteousness; he doth not oppress.

Ecclesiastes 7:29Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Ecclesiastes 11:5As thou knowest not the way of the wind, nor how the bones are formed in the womb of her that is with child, so thou canst not know the work of God, who doeth all things.

Matthew 13:22And what was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh 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 →

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