Ecclesiastes 3:11
The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
12I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
Cross References
Genesis 1:31And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning — day the sixth.
Job 5:9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
Job 37:23The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
Ecclesiastes 7:29See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they — they have sought out many devices.
Ecclesiastes 11:5As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, How — bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.
Matthew 13:22'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it 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 →