Ecclesiastes 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.Ecclesiastes 8:17 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