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Psalm 49:20
English Standard Version
Psalm 49:20
English Standard Version
20 (A)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Ecclesiastes 3:19
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:19
English Standard Version
19 (A)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.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 3:19 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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