Ecclesiastes 3:19
For the fate of the children of mankind and the fate of animals is the same fate for them. The death of one is like the death of the other. The breath is the same for all of them. There is no advantage for mankind over the animals. For is not everything just a breath?
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18I said in my heart, “God tests human beings to show them that they are like animals.”
Cross References
Job 14:10But man dies; he becomes weak; 1 indeed, man stops breathing, and then where is he? 1
Psalms 49:12But man, having wealth, does not remain alive; 1 he is like the beasts that perish. 1
Psalms 49:20One who has wealth but no understanding 1 is like the beasts, which perish.
Psalms 92:6A brutish person does not know, 1 nor does a fool understand this: 1
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and chasing the wind. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man uses his eyes in his head to see where he is going, 2 but the fool walks in darkness, 1 although I know the same event happens to all of them. 1
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 →