Ecclesiastes 3:20 “All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.”

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

All goe to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

Darby Translation

All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.

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Cross references

“go”

Ecclesiastes 3:21 Ecclesiastes 6:6 Ecclesiastes 9:10 Numbers 27:13 Job 7:9 Genesis 25:8

Ecclesiastes 3:21 · BSB

Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

Ecclesiastes 6:6 · BSB

even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 9:10 · BSB

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Numbers 27:13 · BSB

After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;

Job 7:9 · BSB

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

Genesis 25:8 · BSB

And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

“all are”

Genesis 3:19 Job 34:15 Psalm 104:29 Daniel 12:2 Job 10:9 Job 10:10

Genesis 3:19 · BSB

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Job 34:15 · BSB

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Psalm 104:29 · BSB

When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

Daniel 12:2 · BSB

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Job 10:9 · BSB

Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

Job 10:10 · BSB

Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

Also

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Ecclesiastes 12:7 · BSB

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

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