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Ecclesiastes 3:20

The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.

21Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?

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Cross References

Genesis 25:8and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

Numbers 27:13and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered,

Job 10:9Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

Job 14:14If a man dieth — doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.

Job 30:24Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.

Psalms 49:14As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.

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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