THEOSISEcclesiastes 3:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
הַכֹּ֥ל הוֹלֵ֖ךְ אֶל־מָק֣וֹם אֶחָ֑ד הַכֹּל֙ הָיָ֣ה מִן־הֶֽעָפָ֔ר וְהַכֹּ֖ל שָׁ֥ב אֶל־הֶעָפָֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.
- Job 34:15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return into ashes.
- Eccl 12:7And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
- Job 7:9As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.
- Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust
- Job 10:10Hast thou not milked me as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
- Eccl 6:6Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
- Eccl 3:21Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?