Ecclesiastes 3:19
For what happens to human beings is the same as what happens to animals—in the same way one dies, the other dies too. They all have the breath of life—so regarding any advantage human beings have over animals, there is none. Definitely this is very hard to understand!
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20They all end up in the same place—they all came from dust, and they all return to dust.
Cross References
Job 14:10But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?
Psalms 49:12But human beings, for all their fame, don't understand. They die, just like the animals.
Psalms 49:20Human beings, for all their fame, don't understand, and they die, just like the animals.
Psalms 92:6Only senseless people and fools don't know and understand this:
Ecclesiastes 1:14I examined everything people do here on earth, and discovered that it's all so temporary—trying to understand it is like trying to pin down the wind!
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise see where they're going, but fools walk in darkness. But I also realized that they all come to the same end.
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 →