Parallel Verses
King James Version
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
New American Standard Bible
All go to the same place. All came from the
Holman Bible
All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
International Standard Version
All of them go to one place: all of them originate from dust, and all of them return to dust.
A Conservative Version
All go to one place. All are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
American Standard Version
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Amplified
All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.
Bible in Basic English
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
Darby Translation
All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
Julia Smith Translation
All go to one place; all were from dust, and all turned back to dust.
King James 2000
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Both go to one place--both came from dust and both return to dust.
Modern King James verseion
All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust again.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They go all unto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turn unto dust again.
NET Bible
Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.
New Heart English Bible
All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
The Emphasized Bible
all, go unto one place, - all, came from the dust, and all, return to the dust.
Webster
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.
Youngs 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.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Mysterious Plan Allows Injustice To Exist In The World
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?
Cross References
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 34:15
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:17
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
Numbers 27:13
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Job 7:9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
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 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Job 30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalm 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
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.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.