Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 3:9
A church father on this verse
“"What gain, then, has the worker in exchange for all his toil? I have observed the task which God has given the sons of man to be concerned with: He made everything beautiful in its time; He has also put an enigma into their minds so that man cannot comprehend what God has done from the beginning to end." The opinion…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9What advantage has he that works in those things wherein he labors?
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In context
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to be silent, and a time to speak;
8A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.
— Ecclesiastes 3:9 —
10I have seen all the trouble, Which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
11All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: He has also set the whole world in their heart, That man might not find out The work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.