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Ecclesiastes 3:19-22
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:19-22
English Standard Version
19 (A)For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.[a] 20 All go to one place. All are from (B)the dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows whether (C)the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? 22 So I saw that there is (D)nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for (E)that is his lot. Who can bring him to see (F)what will be after him?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:19 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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