Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
World English Bible Classic
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 25:8Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Numbers 27:13When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
Job 10:9Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
Job 14:14If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.
Job 30:24“However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
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 →