(20.) And =the whole goes to one place, the whole= (repeating this word so as to bring it into strong prominence) =was from the dust, and the whole= (again repeated, making the fourth time, and so implying universality) =returns to the dust=. 21 Who knoweth the spirit │ For who can tell how that the ¹of man that ²goeth upward, │ spirit of man ascends up on and the spirit of the beast │ high, and that the spirit of that goeth downward to the │ the beast descends downwards earth? │ to the earth? │ ¹ _Hebrew_ of the sons of │ man. │ │ ² _Hebrew_ is ascending. │ (21.) =Who knows?= (participle, poel, ‘who is knowing?’ or ‘who is there that knows?’ The question does not assert the fact that there _is_ no difference between man and beast; on the contrary, this clause is so ingeniously contrived as to assert the very reverse). =The spirit of the sons of men= (in its usual meaning, of the whole human race) =is the ascending= (with the article, ‘the ascending thing’), =it is= (emphatic) =to the ascent= (the repetition of the same root in a different grammatical form gives prominence to this word. The human soul is, it appears, especially an ‘ASCENDING thing’); =and the spirit= of the =beast= a =thing descending= (participle, poel with article), =it is= (emphatic, it really is this) =[to the] downwards to the earth= (the ל, to, twice repeated, gives emphasis――‘even to’). 22 Wherefore I perceive that │ Thus I perceived that there _there is_ nothing better, │ can be no real good above that than that a man should rejoice │ present-pleasure which man can in his own works; for that │ obtain from his work; as that _is_ his portion: for who │ is what belongs to him: for who shall bring him to see what │ can bring him to see what may shall be after him? │ be the subsequent results?