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He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. <a href="/nlt/ecclesiastes/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. <a href="/esv/ecclesiastes/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. <a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. <a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/3.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ecclesiastes/3.htm">New King James Version</a> He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. <a href="/nasb_/ecclesiastes/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/nasb77/ecclesiastes/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/lsb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/amp/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end. <a href="/csb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end. <a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end. <a href="/asv/ecclesiastes/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/cev/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future. <a href="/erv/ecclesiastes/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/gwt/ecclesiastes/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> It is beautiful how God has done everything at the right time. He has put a sense of eternity in people's minds. Yet, mortals still can't grasp what God is doing from the beginning to the end [of time]. <a href="/gnt/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> He has set the right time for everything. He has given us a desire to know the future, but never gives us the satisfaction of fully understanding what he does. <a href="/isv/ecclesiastes/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> He made everything appropriate in its time. He also placed eternity within them—yet, no person can fully comprehend what God is doing from beginning to end. <a href="/msb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. <a href="/net/ecclesiastes/3.htm">NET Bible</a> God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives. <a href="/nheb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/wbt/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> He hath made every thing beautiful in its 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. <a href="/web/ecclesiastes/3.htm">World English Bible</a> He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The whole He has made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He has put in their heart without which man does not find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/ylt/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end. <a href="/slt/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> He made everything beautiful in his time: also he gave hidden time in their heart, so that man shall not find the work which God did from the beginning and even to the end.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot flnd out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end. <a href="/cpdv/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end. <a href="/nabre/ecclesiastes/3.htm">New American Bible</a> God has made everything appropriate to its time, but has put the timeless into their hearts so they cannot find out, from beginning to end, the work which God has done. <a href="/nrsvce/ecclesiastes/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He has made everything beautiful in its time; also he has made the world dear to man's heart, so that no man can find out the works which the LORD has done from the beginning to the end. <a href="/hpbt/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> All that he does is beautiful in its time, and he puts eternity in their heart, so that a man will not find the work that LORD JEHOVAH does from the beginning and until the latter end<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ecclesiastes/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> He hath made every thing beautiful in its time; also He hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/sep/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end. <a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-2fxj-VcEg?start=527" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/3.htm">God's Works Remain Forever</a> …10I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them. 11<a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He has made</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: hak·kōl (Art:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/3303.htm" title="3303: yā·p̄eh (Adj-ms) -- Fair, beautiful. From yaphah; beautiful.">beautiful</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ḇə·‘it·tōw (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">in its time.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">He has also</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">set</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: hā·‘ō·lām (Art:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">eternity</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: bə·lib·bām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">in the hearts of men,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: mib·bə·lî (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: hā·’ā·ḏām (Art:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: yim·ṣā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">fathom</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ham·ma·‘ă·śeh (Art:: N-ms) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">the work</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">has done</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: mê·rōš (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">from beginning</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5490.htm" title="5490: sō·wp̄ (N-ms) -- An end. From cuwph; a termination.">end.</a> 12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a> And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. <a href="/genesis/1-31.htm">Genesis 1:31</a> And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a> “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. <a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-36</a> O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” / “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?” ... <a href="/psalms/139-14.htm">Psalm 139:14</a> I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. <a href="/1_corinthians/2-9.htm">1 Corinthians 2:9</a> Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” <a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7-9</a> Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? / They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? / Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. <a href="/ephesians/3-20.htm">Ephesians 3:20-21</a> Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, / to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. <a href="/psalms/104-24.htm">Psalm 104:24</a> How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. <a href="/proverbs/16-4.htm">Proverbs 16:4</a> The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster. <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-17</a> For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. <a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. <a href="/revelation/4-11.htm">Revelation 4:11</a> “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.” <a href="/psalms/40-5.htm">Psalm 40:5</a> Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count. <a href="/1_timothy/6-15.htm">1 Timothy 6:15-16</a> which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time. / He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.hath made<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-29.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:29</a> Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.<a href="/genesis/1-31.htm">Genesis 1:31</a> 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.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Deuteronomy 32:4</a> 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.also<a href="/matthew/13-22.htm">Matthew 13:22</a> 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.<a href="/romans/1-19.htm">Romans 1:19,20,28</a> Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them… <a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7</a> Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?<a href="/job/37-23.htm">Job 37:23</a> 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.<a href="/psalms/104-24.htm">Psalm 104:24</a> O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/31-30.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-21.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-1.htm">End</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-28.htm">Eternity</a> <a href="/psalms/145-3.htm">Fathom</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-25.htm">Find</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-21.htm">First</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-23.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-6.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-11.htm">Last</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-24.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-23.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-9.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-8.htm">Time</a> <a href="/psalms/36-12.htm">Unable</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-10.htm">Work</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-9.htm">Works</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-31.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/songs/1-8.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-8.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-13.htm">Eternity</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Fathom</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-13.htm">Find</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-13.htm">First</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-17.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-2.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm">Last</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-9.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-3.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-4.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-17.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm">Unable</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-13.htm">Work</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-22.htm">Works</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-15.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Ecclesiastes 3</div>1. <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-1.htm">by the necessary change of times, vanity is added to human travail</a> 11. <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">is an excellence in God's works</a> 16. <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-16.htm">as for man, God shall judge his works hereafter, though here he be like a beast</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ecclesiastes/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>He has made everything beautiful in its time. This phrase reflects the divine order and timing established by God. The concept of beauty in this context is not merely aesthetic but encompasses the idea of appropriateness and purpose. In the biblical narrative, God's creation is described as "very good" (<a href="/genesis/1-31.htm">Genesis 1:31</a>), indicating that everything has an inherent beauty and purpose when aligned with God's timing. The Hebrew word for "beautiful" can also mean "appropriate" or "fitting," suggesting that God's timing is perfect, even if it is not immediately apparent to human understanding. This aligns with the wisdom literature theme that God's ways and timing are beyond human comprehension (<a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>).He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, This phrase suggests that humans have an innate sense of the eternal, a longing for something beyond the temporal world. This concept is unique to humanity, as it reflects the imago Dei, the image of God in which humans were created (<a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a>). The awareness of eternity points to a spiritual dimension that transcends earthly existence, indicating a divine purpose and destiny. This longing for eternity can be seen in various cultures and religions throughout history, where people seek meaning beyond the material world. It also connects to the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to set their minds on things above (<a href="/colossians/3-2.htm">Colossians 3:2</a>).yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. This phrase acknowledges the limitations of human understanding in grasping the full scope of God's work. The mystery of God's plan is a recurring theme in Scripture, where God's ways are often hidden or beyond human comprehension (<a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7-9</a>). The inability to fully understand God's work underscores the need for faith and trust in His sovereignty. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where the apostle Paul speaks of the mystery of God's will and the unfolding of His plan in Christ (<a href="/ephesians/1-9.htm">Ephesians 1:9-10</a>). The phrase also highlights the tension between the temporal and the eternal, where humans live in the present but are aware of a greater divine narrative.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> - Traditionally considered the author of Ecclesiastes, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. He reflects on the meaning of life and the divine order. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> - The Creator who has made everything beautiful in its time and set eternity in the hearts of men. 3. <a href="/topical/m/mankind.htm">Mankind</a> - The recipients of God's creation and the ones in whose hearts eternity has been set, yet they struggle to comprehend God's complete work. 4. <a href="/topical/c/creation.htm">Creation</a> - The world and everything in it, which God has made beautiful in its time. 5. <a href="/topical/e/eternity.htm">Eternity</a> - The concept of timelessness and the divine perspective that God has placed in human hearts.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_timing.htm">Divine Timing</a> Trust in God's perfect timing. Just as He has made everything beautiful in its time, we must have faith that His plans for us are unfolding according to His divine schedule. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> Cultivate an eternal perspective. Recognize that God has placed a sense of eternity in our hearts, prompting us to look beyond the temporal and seek His eternal purposes. <a href="/topical/h/human_limitation.htm">Human Limitation</a> Acknowledge our limitations. While we may not fully understand God's work from beginning to end, we can rest in the assurance that He is in control. <a href="/topical/b/beauty_in_creation.htm">Beauty in Creation</a> Appreciate the beauty in creation. Take time to observe and reflect on the beauty God has woven into the world around us, recognizing it as a reflection of His character. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_understanding.htm">Seeking Understanding</a> Pursue wisdom and understanding. While we may not grasp everything, we are encouraged to seek God's wisdom through prayer and study of His Word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ecclesiastes_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ecclesiastes 3</a> <a href="/q/how_do_cryonics_and_cryogenics_differ.htm">How do cryonics and cryogenics differ?</a> <a href="/q/is_everything_beautiful_in_time.htm">Is everything beautiful in its own time?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_existentialism.htm">What defines existentialism as a philosophical movement?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_religious_psychology.htm">What defines the psychology of religion?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) In his time.--In modern English, "its."The world.--The word here translated "world" has that meaning in post-Biblical Hebrew, but never elsewhere in the Old Testament, where it occurs over 300 times. And if we adopt the rendering "world," it is difficult to explain the verse so as to connect it with the context. Where the word occurs elsewhere it means "eternity," or "long duration," and is so used in this book (<a href="/ecclesiastes/1-4.htm" title="One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth stays for ever.">Ecclesiastes 1:4</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-10.htm" title="Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.">Ecclesiastes 1:10</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-16.htm" title="For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dies the wise man? as the fool.">Ecclesiastes 2:16</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-14.htm" title="I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.">Ecclesiastes 3:14</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-6.htm" title="Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.">Ecclesiastes 9:6</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm" title="Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:">Ecclesiastes 12:5</a>). Taking this meaning of the word here (the only place where the word is used with the article), we may regard it as contrasted with that for "time," or season, immediately before. Life exhibits a changing succession of weeping alternating with laughing, war with peace, and so forth. For each of these God has appointed its time or season, and in its season each is good. But man does not recognise this; for God has put in his heart an expectation and longing for abiding continuance of the same, and so he fails to understand the work which God does in the world. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - He hath made every thing beautiful in his (its) time. "Everything:" (eth hacol) does not refer so much to the original creation which God made very good (<a href="/genesis/1-31.htm">Genesis 1:31</a>), as to the travail and business mentioned in ver. 10. All parts of this have, in God's design, a beauty and a harmony, their own season for appearance and development, their work to do in carrying on the majestic march of Providence. Also he hath set the world in their heart. "The world;" eth-haolam, placed (as haeol above) before the verb, with eth, to emphasize the relation. There is some uncertainty in the translation of this word. The LXX. has, Σύμπαντα τὸν αἰῶνα; Vulgate, Mundum tradidit disputationi eorum. The original meaning is "the hidden," and it is used generally in the Old Testament of the remote past, and sometimes of the future, as Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3], so that the idea conveyed is of unknown duration, whether the glance looks backward or forward, which is equivalent to our word "eternity." It is only in later Hebrew that the word obtained the signification of "age" (αἰών), or "world" in its relation to time. Commentators who have adopted the latter sense here explain the expression as if it meant that man in himself is a microcosm, a little world, or that the love of the world, the love of life, is naturally implanted in him. But taking the term in the signification found throughout the Bible, we are justified in translating it "eternity." The pronoun in "their heart" refers to "the sons of men" in the previous verse. God has put into men's minds a notion of infinity of duration; the beginning and the end of things are alike beyond his grasp; the time to be born and the time to die are equally unknown and uncontrollable. Koheleth is not thinking of that hope of immortality which his words unfold to us with our better knowledge; he is speculating on the innate faculty of looking backward and forward which man possesses, but which is insufficient to solve the problems which present themselves every day. This conception of eternity may be the foundation of great hopes and expectations, but as an explanation of the ways of Providence it fails. So that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end; or, without man being able to penetrate; yet so that he cannot, etc. Man sees only minute parts of the great whole; he cannot comprehend all at one view, cannot understand the law that regulates the time and season of every circumstance in the history of man and the world. He feels that, as there has been an infinite past, there will be an infinite future, which may solve anomalies and demonstrate the harmonious unity of God's design, and he must be content to wait and hope. Comparison of the past with the present may help to adumbrate the future, but is inadequate to unravel the complicated thread of the world's history (comp. <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-16.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:16, 17</a>, and Ecclesiastes 9:1, where a similar thought is expressed). <a href="/commentaries/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>He has made עָשָׂ֖ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make everything הַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every beautiful יָפֶ֣ה (yā·p̄eh) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3303.htm">Strong's 3303: </a> Fair, beautiful in its time. בְעִתּ֑וֹ (ḇə·‘it·tōw) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when He has also גַּ֤ם (gam) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and set נָתַ֣ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set eternity הָעֹלָם֙ (hā·‘ō·lām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always in the hearts [of men], בְּלִבָּ֔ם (bə·lib·bām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre yet מִבְּלִ֞י (mib·bə·lî) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as [they] הָאָדָ֗ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being cannot לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no fathom יִמְצָ֣א (yim·ṣā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present the work הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֛ה (ham·ma·‘ă·śeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has done עָשָׂ֥ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make from beginning מֵרֹ֥אשׁ (mê·rōš) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while end. סֽוֹף׃ (sō·wp̄) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5490.htm">Strong's 5490: </a> A termination <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its (Ecclesiast. 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