Ecclesiastes 3:20

New English Translation

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

Cross References

Genesis 25:17

Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Job 14:10

But man dies and is powerless; he expires – and where is he?

Job 14:14

If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

Job 17:13

If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Job 30:24

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

Job 34:15

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

Job 7:9

As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

Psalm 103:14

For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

Psalm 104:29

When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life’s breath, they die and return to dust.

Psalm 49:14

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

Ecclesiastes 6:6

if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity. For both of them die!

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

Numbers 27:13

When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.