Ecclesiastes 3:19
For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
20All goe to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.
Cross References
Job 14:10But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
Psalms 49:12But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.
Psalms 49:20Man is in honour, and vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish.
Psalms 92:6An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
Ecclesiastes 1:14I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:14For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth 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 →