Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 3:19

כִּי֩ מִקְרֶ֨ה בְנֵי הָאָדָ֜ם וּמִקְרֶ֣ה הַבְּהֵמָה֮ וּמִקְרֶ֣ה אֶחָ֣ד לָהֶם֒ כְּמ֨וֹת זֶ֤ה כֵּן מוֹת֙ זֶ֔ה וְר֣וּחַ אֶחָ֔ד לַכֹּ֖ל וּמוֹתַ֣ר הָאָדָ֔ם מִן הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אָ֑יִן כִּ֥י הַכֹּ֖ל הָֽבֶל׃
kiy miqreh bney haʾadam vmiqreh habhemah vmiqreh ʾeḥad lahem kmvot zeh ken mvot zeh vrvḥa ʾeḥad lakol vmvotar haʾadam min habhemah ʾayin kiy hakol habel
King James Version (KJV)

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Modern English

For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.

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