10 I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.(A) 11 He has made everything appropriate(a) in its time.(B) He has also put eternity in their hearts,(b) but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.(C)

Footnotes:

a. Ecclesiastes 3:11: Or beautiful
b. Ecclesiastes 3:11: Or has put a sense of past and future into their minds, or has placed ignorance in their hearts

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