Ecclesiastes 3:18-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 I said to myself, “This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”(A) 19 For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same.(B) As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile. 20 All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.(C)
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Ecclesiastes 3:18-20
New International Version
18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.(A) 19 Surely the fate of human beings(B) is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath[a]; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.(C)
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- Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or spirit
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