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Ecclesiastes 3:20-22
Lexham English Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:20-22
Lexham English Bible
20 Both go to one place—both came from dust and both return to dust. 21 For no one knows whether the spirit of a human ascends to heaven and whether the spirit of the beast descends to the ground!
22 So I concluded that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy the fruit of his labor, for this is his lot in life. For no one knows what will happen in the future.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 3:22 Literally “For who can bring him to see in what will be after him?”
Ecclesiastes 3:20-22
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 3:20-22
New International Version
20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.(A) 21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward(B) 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,(C) because that is their lot.(D) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
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