19 (A)For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals [a]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 (B)dust and all return to the dust. 21 Who knows that the (C)spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Lit and they have one fate

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