Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

谁知道人的灵是往上升，兽的魂是下入地呢？

谁知道人的气息是往上升，走兽的气息是下入地呢？

谁知道人的气息是往上升，走兽的气息是下入地呢？

谁知道人的气息会向上升，兽的气息会降到地下呢？”

有谁知道人的灵是往上升，牲畜的魂（“魂”的原文与“灵”〔3:21〕和“气息”〔3:19〕相同）是下降而入地呢？”

谁知道人的灵是否往上升，兽的灵是否往下降入地里呢？

誰知道人的靈是往上升，獸的魂是下入地呢？

誰知道人的氣息是往上升，走獸的氣息是下入地呢？

誰知道人的氣息是往上升，走獸的氣息是下入地呢？

誰知道人的氣息會向上升，獸的氣息會降到地下呢？」

有誰知道人的靈是往上升，牲畜的魂（“魂”的原文與“靈”〔3:21〕和“氣息”〔3:19〕相同）是下降而入地呢？”

誰能知道人類的靈是往上升、獸類的魂是往下降而入於地呢？

誰知道人的靈是否往上升，獸的靈是否往下降入地裡呢？

人之神或升於上、獸之魂或降於地、其誰知之、

人之神、升於天、獸之精、降乎地、誰念及之、

孰知人之靈必升於上、獸之魂必降於下、

Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down 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 whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?

For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into 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 that the spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to 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 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 people rises upward and the spirit of animals 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 the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

“ Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.