Ecclesiastes 3:18-22

New King James Version

¹⁸ I said in my heart, “Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals.” ^19 (A)For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity. ²⁰ All go to one place: ^(B)all are from the dust, and all return to dust. ^21 (C)Who^[a] knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth? ^22 (D)So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for ^(E)that is his ^[b]heritage. ^(F)For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?