Ecclesiastes 3:19

Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

In Context

18I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to shew that they are beasts.

20All go to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.

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Cross References

Job 14:10But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

Psalms 49:12If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness of it.

Psalms 49:20Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalise thy mother's son.

Ecclesiastes 1:14I beheld all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen 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 →

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