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


In Context

17 I said in my heart, 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time is to every matter and for every work there.'

18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves are beasts.

19 For 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.

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

21 Who 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?

22 And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it is his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is 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 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 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.