Ecclesiastes 3:19

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even the same thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one kind of spirit: so that the preeminence of man above the beast is nought; for all is vanity.

Leeser Tanakh

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 speaking of the sons of men, that God might make it clear to them, and that they might see that they by themselves are but beasts.

20Every thing goeth unto one place: every thing came from the dust, and every thing returneth to the dust.

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Cross References

Job 14:10But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?

Psalms 49:12(49:13) Nevertheless man in [his] splendor endureth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

Psalms 49:20(49:21) Man, though in splendor, who understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. °

Psalms 92:6(92:7) A brutish man knoweth it not, and a fool cannot understand this.

Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and a torture of the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man hath his eyes in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself perceived then also that one occurrence will befall all of them.

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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