Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 expired, 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 hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again?
Job 14:14If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —
Job 30:24Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,
Psalms 49:14(49-15) Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, 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 →