Ecclesiastes 3:20
And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days: and was gathered to his people.
Numbers 27:13And when thou shalt have seen it, thou also shalt go to thy people, as thy brother Aaron is gone:
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust again.
Job 14:14Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.
Job 30:24But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.
Psalms 49:14This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
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 →