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Ecclesiastes 3:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ecclesiastes 3:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter and for every work.”(A) 18 I said to myself with regard to humans that God is testing[a] them to show that they are but animals.(B) 19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.(C)
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- 3.18 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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