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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then I beheld all the work of God,.... Not of creation, but of Providence; took notice of it, contemplated on it,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
These verses supplement Ecc 8:15 with the reflection that the man who goes beyond that limited sphere within which he…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 8:14-17
Wise and good men have, of old, been perplexed with this difficulty, how the prosperity of the wicked and the troubles…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
then I beheld all the work of God The confession is like that which we have had before in chap. Ecc 7:23-24: perhaps,…
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