Ecclesiastes 2:14
New American Standard Bible 1995
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the (A)fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that (B)one fate befalls them both.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14
New International Version
14 The wise have eyes in their heads,
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:16
New American Standard Bible 1995
16 For there is (A)no [a]lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And (B)how the wise man and the fool alike die!
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- Ecclesiastes 2:16 Lit forever
Ecclesiastes 2:16
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Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
New American Standard Bible 1995
19 (A)For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts [a]is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is [b]vanity. 20 All go to the same place. All came from the (B)dust and all return to the dust.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:19 Lit and they have one fate
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or futility
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
New International Version
19 Surely the fate of human beings(A) is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath[a]; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.(B)
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- Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or spirit
Ecclesiastes 6:6
New American Standard Bible 1995
6 Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not [a]enjoy good things—(A)do not all go to one place?”
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- Ecclesiastes 6:6 Lit see
Ecclesiastes 6:6
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6 even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?(A)
Ecclesiastes 9:2-3
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 (A)It is the same for all. There is (B)one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who [a]is afraid to swear. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is (C)one fate for all men. Furthermore, (D)the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and (E)insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:2 Lit fears an oath
Ecclesiastes 9:2-3
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2 All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.
As it is with the good,
so with the sinful;
as it is with those who take oaths,
so with those who are afraid to take them.(A)
3 This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(B) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(C) and afterward they join the dead.(D)
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- Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint (Aquila), Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew does not have and the bad.
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