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10 I have seen the task God has given humanity to keep us occupied. 11 He has made everything suited to its time; also, he has given human beings an awareness of eternity; but in such a way that they can’t fully comprehend, from beginning to end, the things God does. 12 I know that there is nothing better for them to do than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live.

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10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.(A) 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.(B) He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom(C) what God has done from beginning to end.(D) 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that