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11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done 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 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;
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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 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil--this is God's gift to man.
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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 perceived that whatever God does endures forever; 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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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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