Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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11 He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end.
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He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
12 And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
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I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.
13 For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
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That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.
14 I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.
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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.
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