But man dieth, and wasteth away: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Ecclesiastes 3:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth? American Standard Version (1901) Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth? Common English Bible Who knows if a human being’s life-breath rises upward while an animal’s life-breath descends into the earth? Catholic Public Domain Version Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward? |
But man dieth, and wasteth away: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
to take the place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.
For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them;
But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: