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Ecclesiastes 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.

KJV

Didici quod omnia opera quæ fecit Deus perseverent in perpetuum ; non possumus eis quidquam addere, nec auferre, quæ fecit Deus ut timeatur.

Vulgate

ἔγνων ὅτι πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς αὐτὰ ἔσται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ἐπ’ αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν προσθεῖναι, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφελεῖν καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν ἵνα φοβηθῶσιν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ.

LXX

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

ASV

יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּ֠י כָּל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה הָ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ה֚וּא יִהְיֶ֣ה לְ/עוֹלָ֔ם עָלָי/ו֙ אֵ֣ין לְ/הוֹסִ֔יף וּ/מִמֶּ֖/נּוּ אֵ֣ין לִ/גְרֹ֑עַ וְ/הָ/אֱלֹהִ֣ים עָשָׂ֔ה שֶׁ/יִּֽרְא֖וּ מִ/לְּ/פָנָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
תִגְרְע֖וּ
tgr'v
verb · 22×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:23 — Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
  • Acts 4:28 — For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
  • Acts 5:39 — But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Dan 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever,
  • Dan 11:2 — And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up al
  • Deut 32:4 — 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.
  • Eccl 1:15 — That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
  • Eccl 5:7 — For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
  • Eccl 5:7 — For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
  • Eccl 7:18 — It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
  • Eccl 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
  • Eccl 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
  • Eccl 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil
  • Eph 3:11 — According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
  • Isa 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
  • Isa 59:18 — According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
  • Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • Job 23:13 — But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
  • Job 42:2 — I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
  • John 19:10 — Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
  • Matt 6:27 — Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
  • Prov 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Prov 21:30 — There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Prov 30:6 — Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
  • Ps 33:11 — The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Ps 64:9 — And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
  • Ps 76:10 — Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
  • Ps 119:90 — Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
  • Ps 119:152 — Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
  • Ps 119:160 — Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
  • Rom 11:36 — For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
  • Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;