Ecclesiastes 3:19

For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.

Young's Literal Translation

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 matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.

20The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.

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Cross References

Job 14:10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?

Psalms 49:12And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

Psalms 49:20Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

Psalms 92:6A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; —

Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit!

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise! — his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with 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 →

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