Ecclesiastes 3:20
The whole are going to one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back to the dust.
Literal Standard 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 expires, and dies in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered to his people.
Numbers 27:13and you have seen it, and you have been gathered to your people, also you, as your brother Aaron has been gathered,
Job 10:9Please remember || That You have made me as clay, || And You bring me back to dust.
Job 14:14If a man dies—does he revive? All [the] days of my warfare I wait, until my change comes.
Job 30:24Surely not against the heap || Does He send forth the hand, || Though they have safety in its ruin.
Psalms 49:14They have set themselves as sheep for Sheol, || Death afflicts them, || And the upright rule over them in the morning, || And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.
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 →