Ecclesiastes 3:21

Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

Context

v.20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

v.21This passage

v.22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 16:22

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.

  • Acts 1:25

    to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:1

    For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

  • John 14:3

    And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:8

    we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.