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Ecclesiastes 3:21
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Ecclesiastes 3:21
21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
21††Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth vpward; and the spirit of the beast that goeth downeward to the earth?
- Heb. of the sons of man.
- Heb. is ascending.
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Ecclesiastes 3:21
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Toward a lower place, position, or direction.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
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Open the full verse study1FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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Open the full verse study3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
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Open the full verse study22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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Open the full verse study23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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Open the full verse study8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
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Open the full verse study25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
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