Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?
Geneva Bible 1599
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In Context
20All goe to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:7And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
John 14:3And if I go to prepare a place for you, I wil come againe, and receiue you vnto my selfe, that where I am, there may ye be also.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we knowe that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue a building giuen of God, that is, an house not made with handes, but eternall in the heauens.
Philippians 1:23For I am distressed betweene both, desiring to be loosed and to be with Christ, which is best of all.
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 →