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Ecclesiastes 3:20

Everything is going to the same place. Everything comes from the dust, and everything returns to the dust.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19For the fate of the children of mankind and the fate of animals is the same fate for them. The death of one is like the death of the other. The breath is the same for all of them. There is no advantage for mankind over the animals. For is not everything just a breath?

21Who knows whether the spirit of mankind goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward into the earth? + 3:21 Some modern versions have Who knows the spirit of mankind, which goes upward, and the spirit of animals, which goes downward into the earth?

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Cross References

Genesis 25:8Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man with a full life, and he was gathered to his people.

Numbers 27:13After you have seen it, you, too, must be gathered to your people, like Aaron your brother.

Job 10:9Call to mind, I beg you, that you have fashioned me like clay; 1 will you bring me into dust again? 1

Job 14:14If a man dies, will he live again? 1 If so, I would wish to wait all my weary time there 1 until my release should come. 1

Job 30:24However, does no one reach out with his hand to beg for help when he falls? 1 Does no one in trouble call out for help? 1

Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol, 1 and death will be their shepherd. 1 The upright will rule over them in the morning, 1 and their bodies will be consumed in Sheol, 1 with no place for them to live. 1

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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