Ecclesiastes 3:11-15

Amplified Bible

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

¹¹He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.

¹²I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live; ¹³and also that every man should eat and drink and see and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God. ¹⁴I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor can anything be taken from it, for God does it so that men will fear and worship Him [with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is God].^(A) ¹⁵That which is has already been, and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by [so that history repeats itself].