20All go to one place. All are from 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, |As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

19 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.

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

21 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?|

22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will 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 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 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.