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Ecclesiastes 3:21

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21Who knows that the abreath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

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Cross references

  1. aEccl 12:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For no one knows whether the spirit of a human ascends to heaven and whether the spirit of the beast descends to the ground!

KJV 1900King James Version

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