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20 All living things finally go to the same place. We all come from the dust of the ground. And we all go back to the dust when we die.[a] 21 Do the spirits of humans go up into the sky when we die? Do the spirits of animals go down into the ground? Nobody really knows.’[b]

22 So I realized that people should enjoy the work that they do. That is the best thing for us to do. It is what God has provided for us. I think that is best, because nobody can show us what will finally happen to us.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:20 See Genesis 3:19.
  2. 3:21 The Hebrew word for ‘spirit’ can also mean ‘breath’. The Teacher says more about this in Ecclesiastes 12:7.