¹⁸ I ·decided [^Lsaid in my heart concerning the human race] that God ·leaves it the way it is to test people and [^Ltests them] to show them they are just like animals. ¹⁹ The ·same thing happens to animals and to people [^Lfate of people and the fate of animals are the same/one fate]; they both have the same breath, so they both die. People ·are no better off than [have no advantage over] the animals, because everything is useless [1:2]. ²⁰ ·Both end up the same way [All go to the same place]; both came from dust and both will go back to dust.