Ecclesiastes 3:19
For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts, even one thing befalls them; as the one dies, so dies the other. Yea, they all have one breath, and man has no preeminence above the beasts; for all is vanity.
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20All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Cross References
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Psalms 49:12Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49:20A man who is in splendor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22
Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →