11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

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11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.(A) He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom(B) what God has done from beginning to end.(C)

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

11 He has (A)made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot (B)find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

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11 He has made everything appropriate[a] in its time.(A) He has also put eternity in their hearts,[b] but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end.(B)

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  1. 3:11 Or beautiful
  2. 3:11 Or has put a sense of past and future into their minds, or has placed ignorance in their hearts

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

11 He has (A)made everything [a]appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, [b]yet so that man (B)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