Solomon was inspired by God to repeat this thought: “Look! The best thing that I myself have seen, which is pretty, is that one should eat and drink and see good for all his hard work with which he works hard under the sun for the number of the days of his life that the true God has given him, for that is his portion. ” — Ecclesiastes 5: 18.
سلیمان با الهام خدا دوباره همین موضوع را تکرار کرده ،‏ می‌گوید :‏ « اینک آنچه من دیدم که خوب و نیکو میباشد این است که انسان در تمامئ ایّام عمر خود که خدا آنرا باو میبخشد بخورد و بنوشد و از تمامئ مشقّتیکه زیر آسمان میکشد بنیکوئی تمتّع ببرد زیرا که نصیبش همین است .‏ » —‏ جامعه ۵ :‏ ۱۸ .‏