Ecclesiastes 3:21-22
Good News Translation
21 How can anyone be sure that the human spirit goes upward while an animal's spirit goes down into the ground? 22 So I realized then that the best thing we can do is enjoy what we have worked for. There is nothing else we can do.[a] There is no way for us to know what will happen after we die.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:22 what we have … do; or our work, because we are going to have to do it anyway.
Ecclesiastes 3:21-22
New International Version
21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward(A) and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”
22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work,(B) because that is their lot.(C) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
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