Ecclesiastes 3:21 - Compare All Versions

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Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?

For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?

Who knows if the spirits of the children of Adam go upward and the spirits of animals go downward to the earth?

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?

Humans and animals come to the same end—humans die, animals die. We all breathe the same air. So there’s really no advantage in being human. None. Everything’s smoke. We all end up in the same place—we all came from dust, we all end up as dust. Nobody knows for sure that the human spirit rises to heaven or that the animal spirit sinks into the earth. So I made up my mind that there’s nothing better for us men and women than to have a good time in whatever we do—that’s our lot. Who knows if there’s anything else to life?

Who knows that the spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

Who knows if the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?