Ecclesiastes 3:20
Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
KJV
King James Version · 1611All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Context
v.19For 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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
v.20This passage
v.21Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 25:17
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people.
- Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
- Job 17:13
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
- Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
- Numbers 27:13
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;
- Ecclesiastes 6:6
yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?