10 I have seen (A)the business that (B)God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 11 He has (C)made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot (D)find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. 12 I perceived that there is (E)nothing better for them than to be joyful and to (F)do good as long as they live; 13 also (G)that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is (H)God's gift to man.

14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; (I)nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

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