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. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.(B)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or spirit

19 For the fate of humans[a] and the fate of the beast is the same.[b] The death of the one is like the death of the other, for both are mortal.[c] Man has no advantage over the beast, for both are fleeting. 20 Both go to one place—both came from dust and both return to dust.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Literally “the sons of the man”
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Literally “is one”
  3. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Literally “and one breath is for all”