"For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the…" — Ecclesiastes 3:19

Ecclesiastes 3:19 · KJV

“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.”

— Ecclesiastes 3:19

Verse 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. {that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc}

Verse 20

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Ecclesiastes 3 — Context

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.

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.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? {of man: Heb. of the sons of man} {goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc}

Cross References

Psalms 49:12

Nevertheless man {being} in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts {that} perish.

Psalms 49:20

Man {that is} in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts {that} perish.

Job 14:10-12

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where {is} he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes {are} in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Psalms 89:47-48

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

Ecclesiastes 2:20-23

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Psalms 39:5-6

Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}

2 Samuel 14:14

For we must needs die, and {are} as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect {any} person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. {neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc}