Ecclesiastes 3:11
Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time,—also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto the end.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:
12I know that there is no blessedness in them,—save to be glad, and to do well with one’s life.
Cross References
Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing which he had made, and lo! it was very good. So it was evening—and it was morning, the sixth day.
Job 5:9Who doeth great things, beyond all search,—Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
Job 37:23The Almighty, whom we have not fully found out, is great in vigour,—Neither, justice nor abounding righteousness, will he weaken.
Ecclesiastes 7:29Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.
Ecclesiastes 11:5Just as thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, when the body is in the womb of her that is with child, even, so, canst thou not know the work of God, who maketh all.
Matthew 13:22And, he among the thorns sown, the same, is he that, heareth the word,—and, the anxiety of the age and the deceit of riches, choke up the word, and, unfruitful, it becometh.
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 →