Ecclesiastes 3:20

Easy To Read Version

The bodies of people and animals end the same way. They came from the earth, and in the end they will go back to the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 25:17

Ishmael lived to be 137 years old. Then he died and was gathered to his ancestors. [143]

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham grew weak and died. He had lived a long and satisfying life. He died and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 3:19

You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die. And then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you. And when you die you will become dust again.”

Job 14:10

But when man dies, he is finished!\par When man dies, he is gone.\par

Job 14:14

If a person dies, will he live again?\par I would wait as long as I must\par until I could be set free.\par

Job 17:13

“I might hope for the grave\par to be my new home.\par I might hope to make my bed\par in the dark grave.\par

Job 30:24

“But, surely no one will hurt a person\par that is already ruined and crying for help.\par

Job 34:15

then all the people on earth would die.\par All people would become dust again.\par

Job 7:9

A cloud disappears and is gone.\par In the same way, a person dies\par and is buried in the grave\par and he won’t come back.\par

Psalm 103:14

God knows all about us.\par God knows we are made from dust.\par

Psalm 104:29

And when you turn away from them,\par they become frightened.\par Their spirits leave them;\par they grow weak and die;\par and their bodies become dust again.\par

Psalm 49:14

Those people are just like sheep.\par The grave will be their pen.\par Death will be their shepherd.\par Then on that morning\par the good people will be the winners\par as the bodies of those \{proud\} people\par slowly rot in the grave,\par far away from their fancy houses.\par

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Your body came from the earth.\par And when you die,\par your body will go back to the earth.\par But your spirit came from God.\par And when you die,\par your spirit will go back to God.\par

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows what happens to the spirit of a man? Who knows if a man’s spirit goes up to God while an animal’s spirit goes down into the ground?

Ecclesiastes 6:6

That man might live 2,000 years. But if he does not enjoy life, then the baby that was born dead has found the easiest way to the same end. {\cf2\super [28]}

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is even better to go to a funeral\par than to a party.\par Why? Because all people must die,\par and every person alive\par should accept this.\par

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.

Daniel 12:2

Many of the people that are dead and buried {\cf2\super [133]} will wake up. Some of them will wake up to have life forever. But some will wake up to have shame and disgrace forever.

Numbers 27:13

After you have seen this land, then you will die like your brother Aaron.