Ecclesiastes 3:20
All goe to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 25:8Then Abraham yeelded the spirit, and died in a good age, an olde man, and of great yeeres, and was gathered to his people.
Numbers 27:13And when thou hast seene it, thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Job 10:9Remember, I pray thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe?
Job 14:14If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.
Job 30:24Doubtles none can stretch his hand vnto the graue, though they cry in his destruction.
Psalms 49:14Like sheepe they lie in graue: death deuoureth them, and the righteous shall haue domination ouer them in the morning: for their beautie shall consume, when they shall goe from their house to graue.
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 →