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Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who hath da'as of the ruach bnei haAdam that goeth upward, and the ruach habeheimah that goeth downward to ha'aretz? + 3:21 see 12:7

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20All go unto mekom echad; all are of the afahr (dust), and all return to the afahr again.

22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that the adam find simchah in his ma'asim; for that is his chelek; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the aphar return to ha'aretz as it was; and the ruach shall return unto HaElohim who gave it.

John 14:3And if I go and prepare a makom for you, I am coming again and will receive you to myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

2 Corinthians 5:1For we have da'as that if the beit mishkaneinu + 5:1 Job 4:19; 2C 4:7 is made churban, we have a bais from Hashem, not made with hands, a Bais L'olamim b'Shomayim. + 5:1 Isa 38:12

Philippians 1:23I am kleir (deliberating). I am pulled two drakhim (ways) by a happy dilemma, on the one tzad (side) having the desire to depart and be with Moshiach, for this is much better. + 1:23 2C 5:8

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 →

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