Ecclesiastes 3:11
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
תִּפְאָרָה
tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
תֵּבֵל
têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia,...
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רֵאשִׁית
rêʼshîyth
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
Key Terms in This Verse
תִּפְאָרָה tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
Study H8597 →רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
Study H7225 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →תֵּבֵל têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Study H8398 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
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!
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
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 farther; though a wise man ...
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
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