Ecclesiastes 3:21
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
In context
19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
22 I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Ecclesiastes 3:21 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
- KJV King James Version
- Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
- WEB World English Bible
- Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
- DBY Darby Translation
- Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?