12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the[a] good life. 13 It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.(A) 14 I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it.(B) God works so that people will be in awe of Him.(C) 15 Whatever is, has already been,(D) and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:12 Lit his
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls the past to account, or God seeks what is past, or God seeks the persecuted; lit God seeks [the] pursued

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