THEOSISEcclesiastes 3:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
מִ֣י יוֹדֵ֗עַ ר֚וּחַ בְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֔ם הָעֹלָ֥ה הִ֖יא לְמָ֑עְלָה וְר֙וּחַ֙ הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה הַיֹּרֶ֥דֶת הִ֖יא לְמַ֥טָּה לָאָֽרֶץ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eccl 12:7And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
- Luke 16:22And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.
- Luke 16:23And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom:
- Phil 1:23But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better.
- 2 Cor 5:1For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
- John 14:3And if I shall go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself: that where I am, you also may be.
- 2 Cor 5:8But we are confident and have a good will to be absent rather from the body and to be present with the Lord.
- Acts 1:25To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place.