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Verse 21. - Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? The statement is here too categorically rendered, though, for dogmatical purposes, the Masorites seem to have punctuated the text with a view to such interpretation.
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There is indeed a difference between a man and a beast;...
- 21 KJV
Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and...
- 21 NASB
Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and...
- 21 NIV
Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and...
- 21 NLT
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the...
- 21 ESV
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the...
- 21 Catholic Bible
Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend...
- Ecclesiastes 3
To Everything There Is a Season. 1 To everything there is a...
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Jan 30, 2022 · Obviously, the fourth meaning listed above, namely, the dynamic and biologic (material) energy belonging to an (human or animal) individual. Is it different from the body? Sure, with the same difference that exists between (for an example, not perfectly fitting one, pardon me) a brand-new Formula One’s Car with a dead battery, compared to a twin brand-new Formula One’s Car with a full ...
- What is clear in the Biblical text Animals have a spirit & a body, which separate at death. Verse 20 is a synonymous parallelism. As Victor Ludlow...
- To answer to this question we have to well understand a couple of points: 1 ) Has the particle מי ( mi ) – a component of the expression we usually...
- There's a problem with this question. The problem is this; Just so you have some additional data for consideration, we know from Ecclesiastes 9:10...
- Note the rather curt but informative comments from the Cambridge commentary: Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward] The words imply a str...
- It does say that spirit of the animal goes somewhere. From that we can can conclude animals have a spirit as well. Scripture gives us a little bit...
There is indeed a difference between a man and a beast; though they have one breath, they have not one spirit or soul; man has a rational and immortal soul, which, when he dies, goes upwards to God that gave it; to be judged by him, and disposed of by him, in its proper apartment, until the day of the resurrection of the body;
Ecclesiastes 3:21. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward? &c.] There is indeed a difference between a man and a beast; though they have one breath, they have not one spirit or soul; man has a rational and immortal soul, which, when he dies, goes upwards to God that gave it; to be judged by him, and disposed of by him, in its proper apartment, until the day of the resurrection of the ...
In this book it is used also to signify the breath, spirit, or soul of a beast. While it was said in Ecclesiastes 3:19 , they have all one breath , i.e., the man and the beast live the same kind of animal life; in this verse, a proper distinction is made between the רוח ruach , or soul of man, and the רוח ruach , or soul of the beast: the one goeth upwards , the other goeth downwards .
Ecclesiastes 3:21. ESV Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? NIV Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?" NASB Who knows that the spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward ...
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As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. NASB 1977 For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.
