He does great(A) and unsearchable things,
wonders without number.(B)

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What the Teacher Found

23 I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.

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23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said,

“I am determined to be wise”(A)
    but this was beyond me.

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17 I observed all the work of God and concluded that man is unable to discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors hard to explore it, he cannot find it;(A) even if the wise man claims to know it, he is unable to discover it.

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17 then I saw all that God has done.(A) No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it.(B)

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A Hymn of Praise

33 Oh, the depth of the riches(A)
both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God!(B)
How unsearchable His judgments(C)
and untraceable His ways!

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Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches(A) of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!(B)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the