Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ecclesiastes 3:19

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19. Literally, "For the sons of men (Adam) are a mere chance, as also the beast is a mere chance." These words can only be the sentiments of the skeptical oppressors. God's delay in judgment gives scope for the "manifestation" of their infidelity ( Ecclesiastes 8:11 ; Psalms 55:19 ; 2 Peter 3:3 ; 2 Peter 3:4 ). They are "brute beasts, " morally ( Ecclesiastes 3:18 ; Judges 1:10 ); and they end by maintaining that man, physically, has no pre-eminence over the beast, both alike being "fortuities." Probably this was the language of Solomon himself in his apostasy. He answers it in Judges 1:10- : . If Ecclesiastes 3:19 ; Ecclesiastes 3:20 be his words, they express only that as regards liability to death, excluding the future judgment, as the skeptic oppressors do, man is on a level with the beast. Life is "vanity," if regarded independently of religion. But Ecclesiastes 3:20- : points out the vast difference between them in respect to the future destiny; also ( Ecclesiastes 3:17 ) beasts have no "judgment" to come. breath —vitality. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-21" class="com-number"

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