¹⁸ I said ^[a]to myself regarding the sons of mankind, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as ^(A)animals, they to themselves.” ^19 (B)For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals ^[b]is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility.