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


In Context

17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

18 I said in my heart concerning the state 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 sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

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

21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

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 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.