inscrutable

• But his spoken word belied the nods The ways of Providence are inscrutable--something inscrutable, Captain Ireton. —  The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
• The inscrutable is explained by things equally inscrutable, as the rising of sap in plants is explained by the attraction of a sponge for water, a fact contested by some. —  Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism
• How inscrutable are your works, O Lord. —  Argent by the Tiber
• "See," he said, "how inscrutable are the Divine ways, and how truth must in the end prevail. —  The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
• And the irony, inscrutable, and bitter of that end? —  Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works

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