3:21 Who really knows if the human spirit 1 ascends upward,
and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?
3:22 So I perceived there is nothing better than for people 2 to enjoy their work, 3
because that is their 4 reward;
for who can show them what the future holds? 5
1 tn Heb “the spirit of the sons of man.”
2 tn Heb “man.”
3 tn Heb “his works.”
4 tn Heb “his.”
5 tn Heb “what will be after him” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV) or “afterward” (cf. NJPS).