Verse 21
Ecclesiastes 3:21
Bible in Basic English
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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?
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִ֣י יוֹדֵ֗עַ ר֚וּחַ בְּנֵ֣י הָ/אָדָ֔ם הָ/עֹלָ֥ה הִ֖יא לְ/מָ֑עְלָ/ה וְ/ר֨וּחַ֙ הַ/בְּהֵמָ֔ה הַ/יֹּרֶ֥דֶת הִ֖יא לְ/מַ֥טָּה לָ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
Who knows the spirit of the children of man that rises upward, and the spirit of the beast that descends downward to the earth?
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Chapter 3 Context
1
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
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A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
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3
A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
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A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
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A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep...
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A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
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A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
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A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
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9
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
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10
I saw the work which God (Elohim) has put on the sons of man.
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He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that ma...
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12
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in...
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13
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God (Elohim...
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14
I am certain that whatever God (Elohim) does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothin...
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Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God (Elohim) makes search for the thi...
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16
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of...
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17
I said in my heart, God (Elohim) will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every...
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18
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God (Elohim) may put them to the test...
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19
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one s...
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20
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
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21
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beast...
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So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his re...
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