In Ecclesiastes, chapter nine, verse two, “All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.” Solomon looks at the inevitability of death solely from the perspective of this life. From that standpoint, it does not seem fair that death comes indiscriminately to all, both to the godly and the wicked.
The theme verse under the Make the best of this life section describes death that has no preference. It can come like a bee-sting, so suddenly. In other cases, it can come gradually, but no one knows when. Some receive it through criminal activity, while others gradually due to sickness or disease. Then some deliberately through self-inflicted means, while others suffer from a broken heart. Unfortunately, no one is exempt, and all who are born will eventually experience death one way or another.
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, as in First Corinthians fifteen, verse fifty-six. In Psalms eighty-nine, verse forty-eight, declares, “What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? The soul will always live despite physical death. However, where will the soul spend eternity?