Ecclesiastes 3:11

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

8a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

11He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

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