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Ecclesiastes 8:17

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then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.

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Verse 17. Reason. We know in general that God does all for his own glory, and for the welfare of his elect. But we cannot account for his treatment of mankind in particular cases. Romans 11:33. Saint Jerome Calmet.—Say. Septuagint “speak what thing soever, that he may know he,” and so forth Bible.

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