Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?
In context
18 I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts. 19 For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?
22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Ecclesiastes 3:21 in the KJV
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
- NIV New International Version
— Ecclesiastes 3:21 in the NIV
Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”