Ecclesiastes 3:18-22

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¹⁸ I also thought, ‘God wants people to know that they are like animals. That is why he tests us. ¹⁹ The same thing happens to humans as happens to animals. We all breathe for a time and then we die. Humans are no different to animals. Life has no purpose. ²⁰ All living things finally go to the same place. We all come from the dust of the ground. And we all go back to the dust when we die.^{[a] 21} Do the spirits of humans go up into the sky when we die? Do the spirits of animals go down into the ground? Nobody really knows.’^[b]

²² So I realized that people should enjoy the work that they do. That is the best thing for us to do. It is what God has provided for us. I think that is best, because nobody can show us what will finally happen to us.