Ecclesiastes 3:19-21 (New International Version)

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Ecclesiastes 3:19-21

New International Version (NIV)

19 Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath[a]; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

Footnotes:

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or spirit
New International Version (NIV)

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