Ecclesiastes 8:17

Ecclesiastes chapter 8 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Context

v.16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),

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Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.
Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Psalms 104:24
O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
Psalms 73:16
When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?