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Ecclesiastes 3:14

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14I know that everything God does will be forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it—God has so worked that men should 1afear Him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or be in awe before Him

Cross references

  1. aEccl 5:7; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I know that everything God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of him.

NLTNew Living Translation

And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God’s purpose is that people should fear him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I know everything God does endures forever;

nothing can be added to it, and nothing can be taken from it,

for God so acts that humans might stand in awe before him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.