Ecclesiastes 3:14

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.

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  • Jas 1:17 : 17 every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 because of Him, and through Him, and to Him `are' the all things; to Him `is' the glory -- to the ages. Amen.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
  • Ps 64:9 : 9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 For the fierceness of man praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on.
  • Ps 119:90-91 : 90 To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth. 91 According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole `are' Thy servants.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 Many `are' the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.
  • Prov 30:6 : 6 Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.
  • Eccl 5:7 : 7 For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.
  • Eccl 7:18 : 18 `It is' good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.
  • Eccl 8:12-13 : 12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred `times', and prolonging `himself' for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him. 13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
  • Isa 10:12-15 : 12 And it hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil all His work In mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur. And concerning the glory of the height of his eyes. 13 For he hath said, `By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants, 14 And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I -- I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.' 15 -- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'
  • Isa 59:18-19 : 18 According to deeds -- so He repayeth. Fury to His adversaries, `their' deed to His enemies, To the isles `their' deed He repayeth. 19 And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun -- His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
  • Dan 4:34-35 : 34 `And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion `is' a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and generation; 35 and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?
  • Dan 8:8 : 8 `And the young he-goat hath exerted itself very much, and when it is strong, broken hath been the great horn; and come up doth a vision of four in its place, at the four winds of the heavens.
  • Dan 11:2-4 : 2 and, now, truth I declare to thee, Lo, yet three kings are standing for Persia, and the fourth doth become far richer than all, and according to his strength by his riches he stirreth up the whole, with the kingdom of Javan. 3 And a mighty king hath stood, and he hath ruled a great dominion, and hath done according to his will; 4 and according to his standing is his kingdom broken, and divided to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion that he ruled, for his kingdom is plucked up -- and for others apart from these.
  • John 19:10-11 : 10 Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?' 11 Jesus answered, `Thou wouldst have no authority against me, if it were not having been given thee from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to thee hath greater sin.'
  • John 19:28-37 : 28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things now have been finished, that the Writing may be fulfilled, saith, `I thirst;' 29 a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put `it' around a hyssop stalk, did put `it' to his mouth; 30 when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, `It hath been finished;' and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit. 31 The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away. 32 The soldiers, therefore, came, and of the first indeed they did break the legs, and of the other who was crucified with him, 33 and having come to Jesus, when they saw him already having been dead, they did not break his legs; 34 but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water; 35 and he who hath seen hath testified, and his testimony is true, and that one hath known that true things he speaketh, that ye also may believe. 36 For these things came to pass, that the Writing may be fulfilled, `A bone of him shall not be broken;' 37 and again another Writing saith, `They shall look to him whom they did pierce.'
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.'
  • Eph 3:11 : 11 according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone `art' kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'

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  • 15 What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which `is' to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

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    10 I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

    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.

    12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

    13 yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it `is' a gift of God.

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    21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?

    22 And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

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    9 What `is' that which hath been? it `is' that which is, and what `is' that which hath been done? it `is' that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

    10 There is a thing of which `one' saith: `See this, it `is' new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

    11 There is not a remembrance of former `generations'; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

  • 1 But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, `are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole `is' before them.

  • 10 What `is' that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it `is' man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.

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    12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred `times', and prolonging `himself' for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.

    13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

    14 There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also `is' vanity.

    15 And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.

  • 17 then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

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    24 There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it `is' from the hand of God.

    25 For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?

    26 For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

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    13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- `Fear God, and keep His commands, for this `is' the whole of man.

    14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'

  • 18 `It is' good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

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    13 And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It `is' a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

    14 I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit!

    15 A crooked thing `one' is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.

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    13 See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?

    14 In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.

  • 10 The beginning of wisdom `is' fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise `is' standing for ever!

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    13 And He `is' in one `mind', And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth `it'.

    14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things `are' with Him.

  • 28 And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.'

  • 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?

  • 16 there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • 9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

  • 4 A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

  • 1 To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

  • 10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

  • 12 And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what `is' the man who cometh after the king? that which `is' already -- they have done it!

  • 23 The fear of Jehovah `is' to life, And satisfied he remaineth -- he is not charged with evil.

  • 4 This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?

  • 12 For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • 24 Therefore do men fear Him, He seeth not any of the wise of heart.

  • 18 Lo, that which I have seen: `It is' good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it `is' his portion.

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    17 I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time `is' to every matter and for every work there.'

    18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves `are' beasts.

  • 2 Thou hast known that `for' all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is `any' device:

  • 19 And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also `is' vanity.

  • 18 `Known from the ages to God are all His works;

  • 25 All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.