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NASB | Ecclesiastes 3:19 For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ecclesiastes 3:19 For the [earthly] fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no preeminence or advantage for man [in and of himself] over an animal, for all is vanity. |
Bible Question:
Is our fate the same as animals? Is it true that all hope is lost after death, for both? |
Bible Answer: Steve the writer of Eccles. Was moiling over life’s questions in verse you quoted he then asks a pertinent question in Eccles. 3:21 Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? Later in Eccles. 12:7 “then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.” We see the answer. If you have an NASB Bible most have footnotes to make this connection. I and many others believe that while Eccles. 3:21 is stated as a question it contains truths (which the writer was aware of) that define the final destiny of man and animal. Man having a Spirit will return to the maker, however animals which have no spirit will simply cease to exist. |
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