Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 3:19
19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other — they all have the same breath.a Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
Footnotes
- a 3:19 Or spirit
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the fates | מִקְרֶ֨ה | miq·reh | Noun - masculine singular | H4745 accident, chance, fortune |
| of | הָאָדָ֜ם | hā·’ā·ḏām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| beasts | הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה | hab·bə·hê·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H929 beast, animal, cattle |
| are the same | אֶחָד֙ | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| As one | זֶה֙ | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| dies | כְּמ֥וֹת | kə·mō·wṯ | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H4194 death |
| so | כֵּ֣ן | kên | Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| dies | מ֣וֹת | mō·wṯ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4194 death |
| the other | זֶ֔ה | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| they all | לַכֹּ֑ל | lak·kōl | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| have the same | אֶחָ֖ד | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| breath | וְר֥וּחַ | wə·rū·aḥ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular | H7307 breath, wind, spirit |
| Man | הָאָדָ֤ם | hā·’ā·ḏām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| has no | אָ֔יִן | ’ā·yin | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| advantage | וּמוֹתַ֨ר | ū·mō·w·ṯar | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H4195 gain, superiority |
| over | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the animals | הַבְּהֵמָה֙ | hab·bə·hê·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H929 beast, animal, cattle |
| since | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| everything | הַכֹּ֖ל | hak·kōl | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| is futile | הָֽבֶל׃ | hā·ḇel | Noun - masculine singular | H1892 vapour, breath |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 49:12 · Psalm 49:20 · Job 14:10–12 · Ecclesiastes 2:20–23 · Psalm 89:47–48 · Psalm 39:5–6 · Ecclesiastes 2:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.