Discovery BoxEcclesiastes 3:13 
Context3:13 and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil,
for these things 1 are a gift from God.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Context3:22 So I perceived there is nothing better than for people 2 to enjoy their work, 3
because that is their 4 reward;
for who can show them what the future holds? 5
1 tn Heb “for it.” The referent of the 3rd person feminine singular independent person pronoun (“it”) is probably the preceding statement: “to eat, drink, and find satisfaction.” This would be an example of an anacoluthon (GKC 505-6 §167.b). Thus the present translation uses “these things” to indicate the reference back to the preceding.
2 tn Heb “man.”
3 tn Heb “his works.”
4 tn Heb “his.”
5 tn Heb “what will be after him” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV) or “afterward” (cf. NJPS).
