Verse
Ecclesiastes 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the…
“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”
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The verses around Ecclesiastes 3:11.
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Verse explanation
The text says God “set the world” — that is, a sense of eternity — in people’s hearts, yet without letting them fully understand His work from beginning to end. It is a way of explaining why human beings sense that something greater exists, even without being able to see it whole.
From the Ecclesiastes 3 study in Bible in Stories.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Tudo fez formoso em seu tempo: tambem poz o seculo no coração d'elles, sem que o homem possa descobrir a obra que Deus fez desde o principio até ao fim.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Tudo ele fez belo ao seu tempo; também pôs a sensação de eternidade no coração deles, sem que o homem consiga entender a obra que Deus fez, desde o princípio até o fim.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Todo lo que Dios hace está bellamente programado, y aunque también ha puesto la idea de la eternidad en nuestras mentes, no podemos entender completamente lo que Dios hace de principio a fin.
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