Ecclesiastes 3:19-21

3:19 For the fate of humans ¹  and the fate of animals are the same:

As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath.

There is no advantage for humans over animals,

for both are fleeting.

3:20 Both go to the same place,

both come from the dust,

and to dust both return.

3:21 Who really knows if the human spirit ²  ascends upward,

and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

[3:19]  ¹ tn Heb “of the sons of man.”

[3:21]  ² tn Heb “the spirit of the sons of man.”