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Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
Ecclesiastes 3:21 · Bible in Basic English
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Ecclesiastes 3:21 in other translations
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
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In context
18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
20 All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
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