Ecclesiastes 3:19

Translations

Modern

For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

Traditional

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.

Literal

For an event is to the sons of man, and an event is to the beasts, one is and an event for them: As the death of this one, so is the death of this one; and one breath is to all, and the advantage of the man over the beast is nothing—for all is vapor.

Latin

Idcirco unus interitus est hominis et jumentorum, et æqua utriusque conditio. Sicut moritur homo, sic et illa moriuntur. Similiter spirant omnia, et nihil habet homo jumento amplius: cuncta subjacent vanitati,

Original

Hebrew

English

For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

Notes

Ecclesiastes 3:19

When it comes to breathing and dying, people are like animals, but we have other advantages (for example, see Genesis 1:26–28).

Ecclesiastes 3:16–5:7

This section discusses various topics, such as justice, humans and animals, oppression, moderation, companionship, politics, and worship.

Related verses

Psalm 49:12
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 49:20
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Job 14:10–12
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Psalm 89:47–48
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Psalm 39:5–6
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Ecclesiastes 2:20–23
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
Psalm 104:29
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
Psalm 92:6–7
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
2 Samuel 14:14
For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.

Glossary

Book of Ecclesiastes Death Spirit of God

Topics

Animal Cruelty Animals: Nature of Beasts: Man by Nature No Better Than Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Do Animals Go to Heaven Dogs Going to Heaven

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