Ecclesiastes 3:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time This seems to be added as an apology for God's providence, notwithstanding all the contrary events and confusions which are in the world. He hath made Or, doth make, or do, by his providence in the government of the world; every thing Which he doth, either immediately, or by the ministry of men, or other creatures; beautiful Convenient, so that, all things considered, it could not have been better; in its time Or season, when it was most fit to be done. Many events seem to men's shallow judgments to be very irregular and unbecoming, as when wicked men prosper and good men are oppressed; but when men shall thoroughly understand God's works, and the whole frame and contexture of them, and see the end of them, they will say, All things were done wisely. He hath set the world, &c. It is true, God hath put the world into men's hearts, or made them capable of observing all his dispensations in the world; but this is to be understood with a limitation, because there are some more mysterious works of God which no man can fully understand, because he cannot search them out from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.