Ecclesiastes 3:18-22

English Standard Version

¹⁸ I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but ^(A)beasts. ^19 (B)For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.^{[a] 20} All go to one place. All are from ^(C)the dust, and to dust all return. ²¹ Who knows whether ^(D)the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? ²² So I saw that there is ^(E)nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for ^(F)that is his lot. Who can bring him to see ^(G)what will be after him?