Ecclesiastes 3:15-21

¹⁵That which is, was long ago; and that which is to be, hath already been; and God recalleth that which is past.

¹⁶Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was iniquity; and in the place of righteousness, iniquity.

¹⁷Then said I in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked.” For there shall be a time for every matter and for every work.

¹⁸I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God will prove them, in order that they may see that they are like the beasts.

¹⁹For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts: one lot befalleth both. As the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, there is one spirit in them, and a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.

²⁰All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

²¹Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?