Ecclesiastes 3:19
For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
Cross References
Job 14:10But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Psalms 49:12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth 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 →