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Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
Who knows if the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Who knows if the spirits of the children of Adam go upward and the spirits of animals go downward to the earth?
Who knows if a human being’s life-breath rises upward while an animal’s life-breath descends into the earth?
Who knows if the spirit of a human being goes upward and the spirit of an animal goes downward into the earth?”
Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth?
Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?
Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
Who knows what happens to a person’s spirit? Who knows if a human’s spirit goes up to God while an animal’s spirit goes down into the ground?”
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.’
Who knows whether the spirit of the man goes upward, and the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upwards and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?
Who ·can be sure [knows] that the human spirit goes up above and that the spirit of an animal goes down into the ground?
Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend upward, and the spirit of the beast descend downward to the earth?
Who knows whether a human spirit goes upward or whether an animal spirit goes downward to the earth?
How can anyone be sure that the human spirit goes upward while an animal's spirit goes down into the ground?
Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
Who can be sure that the spirit of man goes up to God? Or who can be sure that the spirit of an animal goes down into the ground?
Who knows whether the spirit of human beings ascends, and whether the spirit of animals descends to the earth?
Who knows that the spirit of the sons of men goes upward and that the spirit of the beast goes downward to the earth?
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?
For no one knows whether the spirit of a human ascends to heaven and whether the spirit of the beast descends to the ground!
For who can prove that the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward into dust?
Humans and animals come to the same end—humans die, animals die. We all breathe the same air. So there’s really no advantage in being human. None. Everything’s smoke. We all end up in the same place—we all came from dust, we all end up as dust. Nobody knows for sure that the human spirit rises to heaven or that the animal spirit sinks into the earth. So I made up my mind that there’s nothing better for us men and women than to have a good time in whatever we do—that’s our lot. Who knows if there’s anything else to life?
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of animals goes down to the earth?
Who knows whether a human spirit goes upward or whether an animal spirit goes downward to the earth?
Who knows if the life breath of mortals goes upward and the life breath of beasts goes earthward?
Who knows that the spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?
Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?
Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of an animal goes downward to the earth?
Who can be sure that the human spirit goes up to God and that the spirit of an animal goes down into the ground?
Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?”
Who can know whether the spirit of a person goes up? Who can tell whether the spirit of an animal goes down into the earth?”
Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”
Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?’
Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?
Who knows that the spirit of man goes up and the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?
For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?
Who knows whether the human spirit goes upwards and the spirit of animals goes downwards to the earth?
Who knows whether the human spirit goes upwards and the spirit of animals goes downwards to the earth?
Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
Who hath da’as of the ruach bnei haAdam that goeth upward, and the ruach habeheimah that goeth downward to ha’aretz [see 12:7]?
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down to the earth?
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down to the earth?
Who knows that the spirit of the sons of man ascends upward and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?
Who really knows whether the spirits of human beings go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth?
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
Who knoweth, if the spirit of the sons of Adam goeth upward, and if the spirit of beasts goeth downward? (Yet who knoweth, if the spirits of the sons and daughters of Adam go upward to heaven, and if the spirits of the beasts go downward into the ground? I do not know.)
Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
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