20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.


In Context

17 I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed."

18 I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.

19 Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath ; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless.

20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?"

22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

Ecclesiastes 3:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:20And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.