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Ecclesiastes 3:14 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 3 · verse 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.Ecclesiastes 3:14 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:14 in context
12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
14I 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.
15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
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Key words (Strong's)
- nothingʼayina non-entityH369 →
- doethʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- takengâraʻto scrape offH1639 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- everʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- fearyârêʼto fearH3372 →
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We have seen what changes there are in the world, and must not expect to find the world more sure to us than it has been to others. Now here Solomon shows the hand of God in all those changes; it is he that has made every creature to be that to us which it is, and therefore we must have our eye always upon him. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-15