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. 12 I perceived that there is (C)nothing better for them than to be joyful and to (D)do good as long as they live; 13 also (E)that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is (F)God's gift to man.

14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; (G)nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. 15 That which is, (H)already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God (I)seeks what has been driven away.[a]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Hebrew what has been pursued

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) 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink,(D) and find satisfaction(E) in all their toil—this is the gift of God.(F) 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.(G)

15 Whatever is has already been,(H)
    and what will be has been before;(I)
    and God will call the past to account.[b]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls back the past