Ecclesiastes 3:9-11

Expanded Bible

God Controls His World

⁹ ·Do [^LWhat do] people really ·gain anything [profit] from their ·work [toil; 1:3]? ¹⁰ I saw the ·hard work [task] God has given people to ·do [keep them occupied; 1:13]. ¹¹ God has ·given them a desire to know the future [^Lplaced eternity/an awareness of time/or ignorance in their hearts]. He ·does everything just right and on time [^Lmakes everything appropriate/beautiful in its time], but people can never ·completely understand what he is doing [^Ldiscover/find the work that God does from beginning to end; ^Chumans cannot discern the “right time”].