Ecclesiastes 8:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 8:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 8:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 8:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.”
Ecclesiastes 8:17 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.”
Ecclesiastes 8:17 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.”
Ecclesiastes 8:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“then I saw that all [is] the work of God, [and] that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek [it] out, yet doth he not find [it]; and even, if a wise [man] think to know [it], he shall not be able to find [it] out.”
Ecclesiastes 8:17 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it. ”
Ecclesiastes 8:17 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:17 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8
15 J’ai donc loué la joie, parce qu’il n’y a de bonheur pour l’homme sous le soleil qu’à manger et à boire et à se réjouir; c’est là ce qui doit l’accompagner au milieu de son travail, pendant les jours de vie que Dieu lui donne sous le soleil.
16 Lorsque j’ai appliqué mon cœur à connaître la sagesse et à considérer les choses qui se passent sur la terre, car les yeux de l’homme ne goûtent le sommeil ni jour ni nuit,
17 j’ai vu toute l’œuvre de Dieu, j’ai vu que l’homme ne peut pas trouver ce qui se fait sous le soleil; il a beau se fatiguer à chercher, il ne trouve pas; et même si le sage veut connaître, il ne peut pas trouver.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:17 Mean?
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