Ecclesiastes 3:19

Ecc 3:19 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.

Ver. 19. For that which befalleth the sons of men. ] As hunger, thirst, heat, cold, diseases, aches, and other ill accidents.

As the one dieth. ] They are sure to die, both of them.

Yea, they have all one breath. ] They breathe in the same air, and expire alike, in respect of the body. a

So that a man hath no pre-eminence. ] Unless it be in reason and speech, which he frequently abuseth to his own utter destruction. But otherwise -

“ Nos aper auditu praecellit, aranea tactu,

Vultur odoratu, lynx visu, simia gustu. ”

a Nec te tua plurima Pentheu,

Labentem texit pietas.