Ecclesiastes 3:19
For an event is to the sons of man, and an event is to the beasts, even one event is to them; as the death of this, so is the death of that; and one spirit is to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole is vanity.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מוֹתָרmôwthârliterally gain; figuratively, superiority
- מִקְרֶהmiqrehsomething met with, i.e. an accident or fortune
- זֶהzehthe masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- מָוֶתmâvethdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figurative
- בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- רוּחַrûwachwind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, l
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- אֶחָדʼechâdproperly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 49:12, Psa 49:20, Job 14:10–12, Psa 89:47–48, Psa 39:5–6, Ecc 2:14, Ecc 2:20–23, Psa 104:29