Ecclesiastes 8:17
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17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can find out what is happening under the sun. However much they may toil in seeking, they will not find it out; even though those who are wise claim to know, they cannot find it out.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:11
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11 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.(A)
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Psalm 73:16
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16 But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,(A)
Romans 11:33
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33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!(A)
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Isaiah 40:28
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28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
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23 All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.(A) 24 That which is, is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?(B)
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Job 5:9
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9 He does great things and unsearchable,
marvelous things without number.(A)
Ecclesiastes 11:5
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5 Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.(A)
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Proverbs 30:3-4
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3 I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I knowledge of the holy ones.[a](A)
4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is the person’s name?
And what is the name of the person’s child?
Surely you know!(B)
Footnotes
- 30.3 Or Holy One
Psalm 40:5
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5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be more than can be counted.(A)
Job 11:7-9
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7 “Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?[a](A)
8 It is higher than heaven[b]—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?(B)
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
Psalm 104:24
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24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.(A)
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