Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
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 →