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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.
Ecclesiastes 3:19 — KJV
Befalleth. Three times in this verse we have this English word. In each of the three instances of its occurrence in v. 19 this word is from a Hebrew term meaning “chance,” “fate,” “fortune.” It is from the verb “to encounter,” “to meet,” “to befall.” In Ruth 2:3 the noun form of the word is given as “hap,” in 1 Sam. 6:9 as “chance,” in 1 Sam. 20:26 as “something hath befallen,” and in Eccl. 9:2, 3 as “event.”
Dieth. That inscrutable phenomenon, death, is the lot of all living creatures, whether man or beast. The psalmist says that “man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish” (Ps. 49:12). In the matter of being subject to death, man is in no way superior to beasts.
Breath. Heb. ruach. When the breath of life departs, the living creature dies, whether it be man or animal (see on v. 21).
No preeminence. All living creatures are identical in that, with the cessation of breath, the creature dies; the physical consequences of death are the same. Outward appearances suggest no superiority for man. But through faith in the Inspired Word we believe that God will redeem man from the power of the grave (1 Cor. 15:51-58).
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