Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 8:17

17 Then I beheld all the work of God , that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Heb. and; or moreover.

I considered the counsels and ways of God, and the various methods of his Providence towards good and bad men, and the reasons of them.

No Man, though never so wise, and inquisitive, and studious, as it follows, is able fully and perfectly to understand these things. And therefore it is best for Man not to perplex himself with endless and fruitless enquiries about these matters, but quietly to submit to God's Will and Providence, and to live in the fear of God, and the comfortable enjoyment of his blessings.

Marginal references: Job 5. 9. Ch. 3. 11. & 11. 5. Rom. 11. 33.