Ecclesiastes 3:20

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18 I said in my heart, “Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals.”

19 ^aFor what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

20 All go to one place: ^aall are from the dust, and all return to dust.

21 ^aWho¹ knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?

22 ^aSo I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for ^bthat is his heritage. ^cFor who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 3:20

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American Standard Version
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Amplified® Bible
All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Contemporary English Version
All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to the earth.

Darby English Version
All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.

Good News Bible
They are both going to the same place---the dust. They both came from it; they will both go back to it.

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 dust and all return to the dust.

New International Version
All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

New King James Version
All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

Revised Standard Version
All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Young's 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.

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