Ecclesiastes 8:17
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.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- שֶׁלshelon account of, whatsoever, whichsoever
- עָמַלʻâmalto toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched bat
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherwho, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, i
- חָכָםchâkâmwise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
- יָכֹלyâkôlto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a
- בָּקַשׁbâqashto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to striv
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ecc 3:11, Psa 73:16, Rom 11:33, Ecc 7:23–24, Isa 40:28, Job 5:9, Job 11:7–9, Pro 30:3–4