Ecclesiastes 3:19
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts: one lot befalleth both. As the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, there is one spirit in them, and a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.
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In Context
20All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Cross References
Job 14:10But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?
Psalms 49:12Yet man, who is in honor, abideth not; He is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49:20The man who is in honor, but without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 92:6But the unwise man knoweth not this, And the fool understandeth it not.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness; yet I perceived also 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 →