Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. New Living Translation Both go to the same place—they came from dust and they return to dust. English Standard Version All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return. Berean Standard Bible All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. King James Bible All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. New King James Version All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust. New American Standard Bible All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. NASB 1995 All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. NASB 1977 All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. Legacy Standard Bible All go to the same place. All came from the dust, and all return to the dust. Amplified Bible All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. Christian Standard Bible All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. Holman Christian Standard Bible All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. American Standard Version All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Aramaic Bible in Plain English All go to one place; everyone was from dust and each returns to dust. Brenton Septuagint Translation All go to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust. Contemporary English Version All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to earth. Douay-Rheims Bible And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together. English Revised Version All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. GOD'S WORD® Translation All [life] goes to the same place. All [life] comes from the ground, and all of it goes back to the ground. Good News Translation They are both going to the same place--the dust. They both came from it; they will both go back to it. International Standard Version All of them go to one place: all of them originate from dust, and all of them return to dust. JPS Tanakh 1917 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust. Literal Standard Version The whole are going to one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back to the dust. Majority Standard Bible All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. New American Bible Both go to the same place; both were made from the dust, and to the dust they both return. NET Bible Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return. New Revised Standard Version All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. New Heart English Bible All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. Webster's Bible Translation All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. World English Bible All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. Young's Literal Translation The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust. Additional Translations ... Context From Dust to Dust…19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. 20All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. 21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?… Cross References Genesis 3:19 By 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." Psalm 103:14 For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart. Ecclesiastes 12:7 before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Treasury of Scripture All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? Ecclesiastes 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. all are Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Job 10:9,10 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? … Job 34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. Jump to Previous Dust Turn Turned Turning WholeJump to Next Dust Turn Turned Turning WholeEcclesiastes 3 1. by the necessary change of times, vanity is added to human travail11. is an excellence in God's works 16. as for man, God shall judge his works hereafter, though here he be like a beast Verse 20. - All go unto one place. All, men and brutes, are buried in the earth (Ecclesiastes 12:7). The author is not thinking of Sheol, the abode of departed spirits, but merely regarding earth as the universal tomb of all creatures. Plumptre quotes Lueretius, 'De Rer. Nat.,' 5:260 - "Omniparens eadem rerum commune sepulchrum." "The mother and the sepulcher of all." Thus Bailey, 'Festus' - "The course of nature seems a course of death; Hebrew Allהַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every go הוֹלֵ֖ךְ (hō·w·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to one אֶחָ֑ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first place: מָק֣וֹם (mā·qō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition All הַכֹּל֙ (hak·kōl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every come הָיָ֣ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of dust, הֶֽעָפָ֔ר (he·‘ā·p̄ār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud and all וְהַכֹּ֖ל (wə·hak·kōl) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every return שָׁ֥ב (šāḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to dust. הֶעָפָֽר׃ (he·‘ā·p̄ār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud Links Ecclesiastes 3:20 NIVEcclesiastes 3:20 NLT Ecclesiastes 3:20 ESV Ecclesiastes 3:20 NASB Ecclesiastes 3:20 KJV Ecclesiastes 3:20 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 3:20 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 3:20 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 3:20 French Bible Ecclesiastes 3:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place (Ecclesiast. 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