6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Eccl 3:14 — I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
• Eccl 7:12 — For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
• Eccl 7:13 — Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
• Isa 40:4 — Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
• Job 11:6 — And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
• Job 23:13 — But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
• Job 34:29 — When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
• Lam 3:37 — Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
• Matt 6:27 — Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?