Ecclesiastes 3:21
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?
Darby Translation
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In Context
20All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.
John 14:3and if I go and shall prepare you a place, I am coming again and shall receive you to myself, that where I am ye also may be.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Philippians 1:23But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, [for] [it is] very much better,
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22
Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →