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18 [a]I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts. 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 [b]breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity. 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:18 Or, I said in my heart concerning the sons of men. It is that God etc.
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or, spirit