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Ecclesiastes 3:19 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 3 · verse 19
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 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:19 in context
17I 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.
18I 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.
19For 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.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- preeminencemôwthârliterally gainH4195 →
- befallethmiqrehsomething met withH4745 →
- beastsbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- breathrûwachwindH7307 →
- diethmâvethdeathH4194 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Solomon is still showing that every thing in this world, without piety and the fear of God, is vanity. Take away religion, and there is nothing valuable among men, nothing for the sake of which a wise man would think it worth while to live in this world.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22