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Ecc 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].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

that a man		Ecc 3:11; Ecc 7:23,24; Ecc 11:5; Job 5:9; Job 11:7-9; Psa 40:5; Psa 73:16; Psa 104:24; Pro 30:3,4; Isa 40:28; Rom 11:33

Correlating Passages

that a man

	Ecc 3:11	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.
	Ecc 7:23	All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.
	Ecc 7:24	That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
	Ecc 11:5	As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
	Job 5:9	Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
	Job 11:7	Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
	Job 11:8	[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
	Job 11:9	The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
	Psa 40:5	Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.
	Psa 73:16	When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
	Psa 104:24	O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
	Pro 30:3	I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
	Pro 30:4	Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?
	Isa 40:28	Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.
	Rom 11:33	O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 8:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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