No One Understands God’s Mysterious Plan

10 I have seen the busyness God gives to ⌊humans⌋[fn] to preoccupy[fn] them. 11 He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put ⌊the past⌋[fn] 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⌋[fn] for them than to ⌊rejoice and enjoy themselves⌋[fn] during their lives. 13 And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, ⌊to enjoy the fruit of all his toil⌋,[fn] this also is a gift of God.

• 14 I know everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing can be taken from it,
  • for God so acts that humans[fn] might stand in awe before him.
• 15 What is—it already was, and what will be—it already is,
  • for God will do what he has done.[fn]