13 And also that every man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commodity of all his labor. This is the [a]gift of God.

14 I know that whatsoever God shall do, it shall be [b]forever: to it can no man add, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should fear before him.

15 What is that that hath been? that is now: and that that shall be, hath now been: for God [c]requireth that which is past.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:13 Read Eccl. 2:24, and these places declare that we should do all things with sobriety and in the fear of God, forasmuch as he giveth not his gifts to the intent that they should be abused.
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:14 That is, man shall never be able to let God’s work, but as he hath determined, so it shall come to pass.
  3. Ecclesiastes 3:15 God only causeth that, which is past, to return.

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