21. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 3:21:1 ⧉מִ֣יmiwho Ecclesiastes 3:21:2 ⧉יוֹדֵ֗עַyodeaknows Ecclesiastes 3:21:3 ⧉ר֚וּחַruakhspirit or breath Ecclesiastes 3:21:4 ⧉בְּנֵ֣יbeneisons of Ecclesiastes 3:21:5 ⧉הָאָדָ֔םhaadamthe human, the man Ecclesiastes 3:21:6 ⧉הָעֹלָ֥הhaolathe going up Ecclesiastes 3:21:7 ⧉הִ֖יאhiit is, she is Ecclesiastes 3:21:8 ⧉לְמָ֑עְלָהlemalaupward, above Ecclesiastes 3:21:9 ⧉וְר֙וּחַ֙veruakhand spirit or breath Ecclesiastes 3:21:10 ⧉הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemathe beast, the animal Ecclesiastes 3:21:11 ⧉הַיֹּרֶ֥דֶתhayoredetthe going down Ecclesiastes 3:21:12 ⧉הִ֖יאhiit is, she is Ecclesiastes 3:21:13 ⧉לְמַ֥טָּהlematadownward, below Ecclesiastes 3:21:14 ⧉לָאָֽרֶץ׃laaretsto the earth, to the land |
21. Formal Translation Who can discern the spirit of the children of man as it ascends, or the spirit of the animal as it descends to the earth? |
21. Dynamic Translation Who can really know whether the human spirit rises upward while the animal’s spirit descends to the earth? |