Ecclesiastes 3:19
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.
KJV
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,
Vulgate
καί γε αὐτοῖς οὐ συνάντημα υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ συνάντημα τοῦ κτήνους; συνάντημα ἓν αὐτοῖς· ὡς ὁ θάνατος τούτου, οὕτως ὁ θάνατος τούτου, καὶ πνεῦμα ἓν τοῖς πᾶσιν. καὶ τί ἐπερίσσευσεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος παρὰ τὸ κτῆνος; οὐδέν, ὅτι πάντα ματαιότης.
LXX
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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
ASV
כִּי֩ מִקְרֶ֨ה בְֽנֵי הָ/אָדָ֜ם וּ/מִקְרֶ֣ה הַ/בְּהֵמָ֗ה וּ/מִקְרֶ֤ה אֶחָד֙ לָ/הֶ֔ם כְּ/מ֥וֹת זֶה֙ כֵּ֣ן מ֣וֹת זֶ֔ה וְ/ר֥וּחַ אֶחָ֖ד לַ/כֹּ֑ל וּ/מוֹתַ֨ר הָ/אָדָ֤ם מִן הַ/בְּהֵמָה֙ אָ֔יִן כִּ֥י הַ/כֹּ֖ל הָֽבֶל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is the soul a body? Is the human soul a subsistence? Are the souls of brute animals subsistent? Is the soul man, or is man composed of soul and body? Is the soul composed of matter and form? Is the soul incorruptible? Is the soul of the same species as an angel? Article 1. Whether the soul is a body? Objection 1. It would seem that the soul is a body. For the soul is the moving…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 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 hi
- Eccl 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
- Eccl 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.
- Eccl 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.
- Eccl 2:20 — Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
- Eccl 5:10 — He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
- Job 14:10 — But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- Job 14:12 — So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
- Ps 39:5 — 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.
- Ps 49:12 — Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- Ps 49:20 — Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
- Ps 89:47 — Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
- Ps 89:48 — What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.