Ecclesiastes 3:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • Rom 1:19-20 : 19 Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them. 20 For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
  • Job 5:9 : 9 Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.
  • Mark 7:37 : 37 And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
  • Job 37:23 : 23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:8-10
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    8A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

    9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

    10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

  • Eccl 3:12-15
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    81%

    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

    13And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.

    14I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

    15Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

  • Eccl 3:1-3
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    79%

    1For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

    2A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;

    3A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Eccl 9:1
    77%

    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Eccl 1:8-10
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    8All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

    9That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

  • Eccl 3:17-19
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    17I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

    18I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

    19Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    13And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

    14I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

    15That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

  • Eccl 8:6-7
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    6For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

    7No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

  • Eccl 7:13-14
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    13Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

  • Eccl 2:24
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    24There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

    11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Eccl 8:9
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    9All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

  • Eccl 2:22
    73%

    22What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

  • Eccl 9:3
    72%

    3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

    12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • Prov 16:4
    72%

    4The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

  • Eccl 4:3-4
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    3Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

    4And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 3:6
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    6A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

  • Eccl 7:29
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    29This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

  • Ps 33:15
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    15He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.

  • Eccl 4:16
    71%

    16There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 8:11
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    11Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

  • Eccl 2:20
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    20So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.