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10 I have seen the (A)endeavor which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

11 He has (B)made everything [a]beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, [b]yet so that man (C)will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or appropriate
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or without which man

10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.(A) 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.(B) He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom(C) what God has done from beginning to end.(D)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that

25 I (A)turned my heart to know, to explore, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the wickedness of foolishness and the simpleminded folly of madness.

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25 So I turned my mind to understand,
    to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things(A)
and to understand the stupidity of wickedness
    and the madness of folly.(B)

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17 and I saw every work of God, I concluded that (A)man cannot find out the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not find it out; and (B)though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot find it out.

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17 then I saw all that God has done.(A) No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it.(B)

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