knoweth: Ecclesiastes 12:7; Luke 16:22-23; John 14:3; Acts 1:25; 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23
of man that goeth upward: Heb. of the sons of man that is ascending
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Ecclesiastes 3:21
Ecclesiastes 3:21
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