Ecclesiastes 3:9-11
New King James Version
The God-Given Task
9 (A)What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? 10 (B)I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that (C)no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
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Ecclesiastes 3:9-11
New American Standard Bible
9 (A)What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors? 10 I have seen the (B)task which God has given the sons of mankind with which to [a]occupy themselves.
God Set Eternity in the Heart of Mankind
11 He has (C)made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind (D)will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:10 Or trouble
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