Ecclesiastes 3:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesn't take our lives. Instead, he finds ways of bringing us back when we run away.

Psalm 104:29

But when you turn away, they are terrified; when you end their life, they die and rot.

Psalm 49:12

Our human glory disappears, and, like animals, we die.

Psalm 49:13

Here is what happens to fools and to those who trust the words of fools:

Psalm 49:20

Our human glory disappears, and, like animals, we die.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen it all, and everything is just as senseless as chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

Then I decided to find out all I could about wisdom and foolishness. Soon I realized that this too was as senseless as chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wisdom is like having two good eyes; foolishness leaves you in the dark. But wise or foolish, we all end up the same.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

Wise or foolish, we all die and are soon forgotten.”

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It's better to go to a funeral than to attend a feast; funerals remind us that we all must die.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

None of us know when we might fall victim to a sudden disaster and find ourselves like fish in a net or birds in a trap.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

But exactly the same thing will finally happen to all of us, whether we live right and respect God or sin and don't respect God. Yes, the same thing will happen if we offer sacrifices to God or if we don't, if we keep our promises or break them.

Numbers 16:29

if these men die a natural death, it means the LORD hasn't chosen me.