Ecclesiastes 3:11-15

New American Standard Bible

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Mankind

¹¹ He has ^(A)made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind ^(B)will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

¹² I know that there is ^(C)nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; ¹³ moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the ^(D)gift of God. ¹⁴ I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it. And God has so worked, that people will ^[a](E)fear Him. ^15 (F)That which is, is what has already been, and that which will be has already been; and God ^[b]seeks what has passed by.