Ecclesiastes 3:21 - Tree of Life Version Who knows that the spirit of the sons of man ascends upward and the animal’s spirit descends into 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? |
Then the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am you may also be.
to take the position in this office as emissary, from which Judah turned aside to go to his own place.”
For we know that if the tent, our earthly home, is torn down, we have a building from God—a home not made with human hands, eternal in the heavens.
We are confident, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.
Adonai will make you the head and not the tail, and you will be only above and not below—if you listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God that I am commanding you today, careful to do them,
I am torn between the two—having a desire to leave and be with Messiah, which is far better;