19For 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? …
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. …
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)Solomon is still showing that every thing in this world, without piety and the fear of God, is vanity. Take away religion, and there is nothing valuable among men, nothing for the sake of which a wise man would think it worth while to live in this world. In these verses he shows that power (than which there is nothing men are more ambitious of) and life itself (than which there is nothing men are…
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