Ecclesiastes 8:17 Cross References - Brenton

¹⁷ And I beheld all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatsoever things a man shall endeavour to seek, however a man may labour to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this.

⁹ who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:

⁷ Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? ⁸ Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? ⁹ Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

^{5 (39:5)} O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number.

^{16 (72:16)} And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

^{24 (103:24)} How great are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou wrought them all: the earth is filled with thy creation.

³ God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy. ⁴ Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

¹¹ All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.

^{23 (7:24)} All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. ^{24 (7:25)} That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

⁵ Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: as the bones are hid in the womb of a pregnant woman, so thou shalt not know the works of God, even all things whatsoever he shall do.

²⁸ And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.