20 All go to one place: (A)all are from the dust, and all return to dust. 21 (B)Who[a] knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth? 22 (C)So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for (D)that is his [b]heritage. (E)For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:21 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Who knows whether the spirit . . . goes upward, and whether . . . goes downward to the earth?
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:22 portion or lot

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