Ecclesiastes 8:17

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

Cross References (11)

  • Ecclesiastes 3:11 (9)

    He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the

  • Psalms 73:16 (6)

    When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight

  • Romans 11:33 (5)

    O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His w

  • Isaiah 40:28 (4)

    Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not

  • Ecclesiastes 7:23–24 (4)

    All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

  • Job 5:9 (4)

    the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

  • Psalms 40:5 (3)

    Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim

  • Ecclesiastes 11:5 (3)

    As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the wo

  • Job 11:7–9 (3)

    Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

  • Proverbs 30:3–4 (3)

    I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Psalms 104:24 (2)

    How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.