Ecclesiastes 3:21

WEB

²¹Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”

KJV

²¹Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

BSB

²¹Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

FBV

²¹Who really knows whether the breath of life^[+] of human beings goes up above, and the breath of life of animals goes down below to the earth?

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Extra References

Ecclesiastes 12:7

⁷and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

2 Corinthians 5:1

¹For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

John 14:3

³If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

²²The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³In Hades,^[+] he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

Philippians 1:23

²³But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

Acts 1:25

²⁵to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

2 Corinthians 5:8

⁸We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.