Ecclesiastes 8:17

וְרָאִיתִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ מַעֲשֵׂה הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי לֹא יוּכַל הָאָדָם לִמְצוֹא אֶת ־ הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַֽחַת ־ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בְּשֶׁל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲמֹל הָאָדָם לְבַקֵּשׁ וְלֹא יִמְצָא וְגַם אִם ־ יֹאמַר הֶֽחָכָם לָדַעַת לֹא יוּכַל לִמְצֹֽא ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

In Context

16כַּאֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי אֶת ־ לִבִּי לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וְלִרְאוֹת אֶת ־ הָעִנְיָן אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ כִּי גַם בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה שֵׁנָה בְּעֵינָיו אֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֶֽה ׃

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Cross References

Job 11:7הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד ־ תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא ׃

Psalms 73:16וָֽאֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַעַת זֹאת עָמָל היא בְעֵינָֽי ׃

Proverbs 30:3וְלֹֽא ־ לָמַדְתִּי חָכְמָה וְדַעַת קְדֹשִׁים אֵדָֽע ׃

Ecclesiastes 7:23כָּל ־ זֹה נִסִּיתִי בַֽחָכְמָה אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה וְהִיא רְחוֹקָה מִמֶּֽנִּי ׃

Isaiah 40:28הֲלוֹא יָדַעְתָּ אִם ־ לֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ אֱלֹהֵי עוֹלָם ׀ יְהוָה בּוֹרֵא קְצוֹת הָאָרֶץ לֹא יִיעַף וְלֹא יִיגָע אֵין חֵקֶר לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ ׃

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:15-17

The Mysteries of Providence. 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. 16 When I… Read the whole commentary →

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