ecclesiastes 8:17

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Ecclesiastes 8:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody
Ecclesiastes 8:17
Verse 17 of 17

Scripture focus

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].

Ecclesiastes 8:17KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 8:17

Theological / Devotional

The work of God. That is, God’s eternal purpose and His dealings with men (see Rom. 11:33-36; cf. Job 11:7, 8).

A wise man. Man is privileged to study God’s created works, and His revealed Word; but he must beware of being “wise in his own conceit” (Prov. 26:5) and of thinking himself able to comprehend the depths of divinity (see Job 11:7). Man’s correct attitude toward God is disclosed in the apostle John’s picture of the redeemed (Rev. 15:3, 4).

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