Ecc 3:19-20 | MHM | STEP | v. 19-20 : Solomon points out that, in many ways, people and animals share the same fate. For what happens to the sons of men also happens to beasts; as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 ). Our bodies die and return to the earth just like animals. This should remind us not to be proud, since our physical lives are short and fragile.

‏ Ecclesiastes 3:19-20

v. 19-20: Solomon points out that, in many ways, people and animals share the same fate. For what happens to the sons of men also happens to beasts; as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 ^a). Our bodies die and return to the earth just like animals. This should remind us not to be proud, since our physical lives are short and fragile.

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