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Ecclesiastes 3:11–12
God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man
11 He has amade everything 1appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, 2yet so that man bwill not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
12 I know that there is anothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — The New International Version (NIV)
11 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 know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — English Standard Version (ESV)
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. 12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. 12 So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
12 I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — New Century Version (NCV)
11 God has given them a desire to know the future. He does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing. 12 So I realize that the best thing for them is to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live.
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
11 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. 12 I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth. 12 I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
11 It is beautiful how God has done everything at the right time. He has put a sense of eternity in people’s minds. Yet, mortals still can’t grasp what God is doing from the beginning to the end ⸤of time⸥.
12 I realize that there’s nothing better for them to do than to be cheerful and enjoy what is good in their lives.
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
11 He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
11 He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put the past in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the end. 12 So I realized that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy themselves during their lives.
Ecclesiastes 3:11–12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also given men a sense of what he’s been doing down through the ages. But they can’t completely figure out what he’s done from the beginning to the end.
12 They should be happy and do good while they live. I know there’s nothing better for them to do than that.
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