Ecclesiastes 3
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 3:18-21

18I saidH559 1to myselfH3820 concerningH5921H1700 the sonsH1121 of menH120, “GodH430 has surely testedH1305 them in order for them to seeH7200 that they are but 2beastsH929.”

193For the fateH4745 of the sonsH1121 of menH120 and the fateH4745 of beastsH929 4is the sameH259. As oneH2088 diesH4194 soH3651 diesH4194 the otherH2088; indeed, they allH3605 have the sameH259 breathH7307 and thereH369 is noH369 advantageH4195 for manH120 overH4480 beastH929, for allH3605 is 5vanityH1892.

20AllH3605 goH1980 to the sameH259 placeH4725. AllH3605 cameH1961 from the 6dustH6083 and allH3605 returnH7725 to the dustH6083.

21WhoH4310 knowsH3045 that the 7breathH7307 of manH120 ascendsH5927 upwardH4605 and the breathH7307 of the beastH929 descendsH3381 downwardH4295 to the earthH776?

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 3:18 Lit in my heart ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 3:18 Ps 49:12, 20; 73:22 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Ps 49:12; Eccl 9:12 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Lit and they have one fate ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or futility ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 3:20 Gen 3:19; Ps 103:14; Eccl 12:7 ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 3:21 Eccl 12:7 ↩

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