Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 25:8And Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.
Numbers 27:13And when thou have seen it, thou also shall be gathered to thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered,
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?
Job 14:14If a man dies, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare I would wait till my release should come.
Job 30:24However does not a man stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22
Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →