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Ecclesiastes 3:18
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Ecclesiastes 3:18
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18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.(A)
Ecclesiastes 3:18
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:18
King James Version
18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 3:19
New International Version
19 Surely the fate of human beings(A) 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.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or spirit
Ecclesiastes 3:19
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:19
King James Version
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 breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
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