¹⁸ I said ^[a]to myself regarding the sons of mankind, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as ^(A)animals, they to themselves.” ^19 (B)For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals ^[b]is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility. ²⁰ All go to the same place. All came from the ^(C)dust and all return to the dust. ²¹ Who knows that the ^(D)spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth? ²² I have seen that ^(E)nothing is better than when a person is happy in his activities, for that is his ^[c]lot. For who will bring him to see ^(F)what will occur after him?