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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 [a]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 3:19 Or, spirit

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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10 Whatsoever thy hand [a]findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 9:10 Or, attaineth to do by they strength, that do

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;
In that very day his [a]thoughts perish.

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  1. Psalm 146:4 Or, purposes

18 For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee:
They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

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