Ecclesiastes 8:17
Then I considered all the work of God, that man could not find out the work that was done under the sun, inasmuch as man toileth in seeking and yet cannot find,—yea, even though the wise man should say he knoweth, yet can he not find it out.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Job 11:7The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
Psalms 73:16When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:
Proverbs 30:3Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.
Ecclesiastes 7:23All this, have I proved by wisdom,—I said, I will be wise, but, that, was far from me.
Isaiah 40:28Hast thou not known, Hast thou not heard, That The God of age-past time—Yahweh The Creator of the ends of the earth Fainteth not neither groweth weary—There is no searching of his understanding:
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 →