13 And I (A)set my [a]mind to seek and (B)explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is [b]a grievous (C)task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Lit heart
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Lit an evil

10 I have seen the (A)task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

11 He has (B)made everything [a]appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, [b]yet so that man (C)will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Lit beautiful
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or without which man

17 and I saw every work of God, I concluded that (A)man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and (B)though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot discover.

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