Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
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All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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Cross References
Genesis 25:8And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.
Numbers 27:13And when you have seen it, you will be put to rest with your people, as your brother Aaron was:
Job 10:9O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?
Job 14:14If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
Job 30:24Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?
Psalms 49:14\49:13\This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
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 →