Ecclesiastes 3:11
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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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Commentary
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַכֹּ֥ל | ha.Kol | <the> everything | H3605 → |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | 'a.Sah | he has made | H6213 → |
| יָפֶ֣ה | ya.Peh | beautiful | H3303 → |
| בְעִתּ֑וֹ | ve.'i.To | in time its | H6256 → |
| גַּ֤ם | gam | also | H1571 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָעֹלָם֙ | ha.'o.Lam | <the> perpetuity | H5769 → |
| נָתַ֣ן | na.Tan | he has put | H5414 → |
| בְּלִבָּ֔ם | be.li.Bam | in heart their | H3820 → |
| מִבְּלִ֞י | mi.be.Li | because not | H1097 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יִמְצָ֣א | yim.Tza' | he will find | H4672 → |
| הָאָדָ֗ם | ha.'a.Dam | <the> humankind | H120 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֛ה | ha.ma.'a.Seh | the work | H4639 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| עָשָׂ֥ה | 'a.Sah | he has done | H6213 → |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | ha.'E.lo.Him | <the> God | H430 → |
| מֵרֹ֥אשׁ | me.Rosh | from beginning | H7218 → |
| וְעַד־ | ve.'ad- | and to | H5704 → |
| סֽוֹף׃ | Sof | end | H5490 → |
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