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Ecclesiastes 3:20

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

Updated King James Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

21Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?

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Cross References

Genesis 25:8Then Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

Numbers 27:13And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered unto your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.

Job 10:9Remember, I plead to you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?

Job 14:14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Job 30:24Nevertheless he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

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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