19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath {ruach}. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

21 Who knows if the spirit {ruach} of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

Ecclesiastes 3:19-21, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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