Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 in other translations
| BSB | He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. |
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| WEB | He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. |
| ASV | He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth. |
| BBE | He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last. |
| Webster | He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. |
What does Ecclesiastes 3:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 3:11-15
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Ecclesiastes 3:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 3:11
- Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- Romans 1:19-20
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
- Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
- Ecclesiastes 8:17
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.
- Job 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
- Mark 7:37
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
- Psalms 104:24
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- Genesis 1:31
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Matthew 13:22
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
- Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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Context
- Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todo lo hizo hermoso en su tiempo: y aun el mundo dió en su corazón, de tal manera que no alcance el hombre la obra de Dios desde el principio hasta el cabo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il a fait toute chose belle en son temps; et il a mis le monde dans leur cœur, de sorte que l’homme ne peut comprendre, depuis le commencement jusqu’à la fin, l’œuvre que Dieu a faite. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alles hat er schön gemacht zu seiner Zeit; auch hat er die Ewigkeit in ihr Herz gelegt, ohne daß der Mensch das Werk, welches Gott gewirkt hat, von Anfang bis zu Ende zu erfassen vermag. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cuncta fecit bona in tempore suo, et mundum tradidit disputationi eorum, ut non inveniat homo opus quod operatus est Deus ab initio usque ad finem. |