Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.18I said in my heart, It isbecause of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.

v.19This passage

v.20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 49:20

    Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

  • Psalms 104:29

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

  • Job 14:10

    But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

  • 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 take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.

  • Psalms 39:5

    Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah

  • Ecclesiastes 2:20

    Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.