Ecclesiastes 3:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 3:20

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 3

¹⁸ I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”

¹⁹ For 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.

²⁰ All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

²¹ Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

²² I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

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