Ecclesiastes 3:11-13

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¹¹ God has ·given them a desire to know the future [^Lplaced eternity/an awareness of time/or ignorance in their hearts]. He ·does everything just right and on time [^Lmakes everything appropriate/beautiful in its time], but people can never ·completely understand what he is doing [^Ldiscover/find the work that God does from beginning to end; ^Chumans cannot discern the “right time”]. ¹² So I ·realize [know] that ·the best thing [^Lthere is nothing better] for them is to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live. ¹³ God wants all people to eat and drink and be happy in their ·work [toil], which are gifts from God [2:24–26; 3:22; 5:18–20; 8:15; 9:7–10; ^Cthe little pleasures are distractions from the meaningless world].