Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

Solomon repeated his former counsel in view of this limited perspective (cf. Ecclesiastes 2:24). "Do good" (Ecclesiastes 3:12) should read "enjoy themselves." We could translate Ecclesiastes 3:13, "If any man eats and drinks and finds satisfaction in all his toil, it is a gift of God." [Note: Christian D. Ginsburg, Song of Songs and Coheleth, pp. 311-12.]