3:19 For the fate of humans 1 and the fate of animals are the same:
As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath.
There is no advantage for humans over animals,
for both are fleeting.
4:12 Although an assailant may overpower 2 one person,
two can withstand him.
Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.
1 tn Heb “of the sons of man.”
2 tn The verbal root תקף means “to overpower; to prevail over” e.g., Job 14:20; 15:24; Eccl 4:12; 6:10 (HALOT 1786 s.v. תקף).