Charles Ellicott Commentary Ecclesiastes 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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity." — Ecclesiastes 3:19 (ASV)

That which befalleth.—The word translated “event” in Ecclesiastes 2:13 (see the note there).

Breath.—The same word as “spirit” (Ecclesiastes 3:21; Genesis 7:15; Psalms 104:30).