Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Noyes Bible
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
Job 10:9O remember that thou hast moulded me as clay! And wilt thou bring me again to dust?
Job 14:14If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my war-service would I wait, Till my change should come.
Job 30:24When He stretcheth out his hand, prayer availeth nothing; When He bringeth destruction, vain is the cry for help.
Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are cast into the underworld; Death shall feed upon them; And the upright shall soon trample upon them. Their form shall be consumed in the underworld, And they shall no more have a dwelling-place.
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 →