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11 He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put the past[a] in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the end. 12 So I realized that there is nothing better[b] for them than to rejoice and enjoy themselves[c] during their lives. 13 And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, to enjoy the fruit of all his toil,[d] this also is a gift of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Literally “eternity”
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:12 Literally “no good”
  3. Ecclesiastes 3:12 Literally “to rejoice and to do good”
  4. Ecclesiastes 3:13 Literally “to see good in all his toil”