Ecclesiastes 3:20

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

All go to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

הַכֹּ֥ל הוֹלֵ֖ךְ אֶל־מָק֣וֹם אֶחָ֑ד הַכֹּל֙ הָיָ֣ה מִן־הֶֽעָפָ֔ר וְהַכֹּ֖ל שָׁ֥ב אֶל־הֶעָפָֽר׃

LXX-Br

Τὰ πάντα εἰς τόπον ἕνα, τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο ἀπὸ τοῦ χοὸς, καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐπιστρέψει εἰς τὸν χοῦν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 3:19By 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 34:15all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
• Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Job 10:9–10Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
• Ecclesiastes 3:21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
• Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever 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 27:13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
• Job 7:9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
• Ecclesiastes 6:6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
• Genesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
• Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
• Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
• Genesis 25:17Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
• Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Job 30:24Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

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