But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Ecclesiastes 3:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
If 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.
to take part in this ministry and office of emissary from which Yehudah fell away, that he might go to his own place.*
For 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.
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.
The LORD will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the mitzvot of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],
But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Messiah, which is far better.