Ecclesiastes 3:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.”
Ecclesiastes 3:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 3:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 3:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.”
Ecclesiastes 3:20 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. ”
Ecclesiastes 3:20 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.”
Ecclesiastes 3:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust. ”
Ecclesiastes 3:20 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“All goe to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.”
Ecclesiastes 3:20 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:20 in Context — Ecclesiastes 3
18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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What Does Ecclesiastes 3:20 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 3:20 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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