Ecclesiastes 3:20

They go all vnto one place: for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turne vnto dust agayne.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

In Context

19For it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, euen one condition vnto them both: as the one dyeth so dyeth the other, yea they haue both one maner of breath: so that in this a man hath no preeminence aboue a beast, but are all subdued vnto vanitie.

21Who knoweth the spirite of man that goeth vpwarde, & the breath of the beast that goeth downe to the earth?

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Cross References

Genesis 25:8And then Abraham waxyng away, dyed in a lustie age, beyng an olde man, when he had liued ynough, and was gathered to his people.

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 →

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