Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought from the beginning euen to the end.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.
12I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
Cross References
Genesis 1:31And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.
Job 5:9Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
Job 37:23It is the Almightie: we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundant in iustice: he afflicteth not.
Ecclesiastes 7:29Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count:
Ecclesiastes 11:5As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.
Matthew 13:22And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.
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 →