13 And I (A)set my [a]mind to seek and (B)explore by wisdom about everything that has been done under heaven. It is a [b](C)sorry task with which God has given the sons of mankind to be troubled.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Lit heart
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Lit evil

10 I have seen the (A)task which God has given the sons of mankind with which to [a]occupy themselves.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Mankind

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

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:10 Or trouble

17 and I saw every work of God, I concluded that (A)one cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though a person laboriously seeks, he will not discover; and (B)even if the wise person claims to know, he cannot discover.

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