Ecclesiastes 3:20

20 All [life] goes to the same place. All [life] comes from the ground, and all of it goes back to the ground.

Ecclesiastes 3:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All go unto one place
The earth ^F23 from whence they came; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again;
Adam's body was made of the dust of the earth, and so all his posterity, all of them; in which they agree with beasts, who are made of the dust also; and, when they die, return to it; see ( Genesis 2:7 ) ( 3:19 ) ( Psalms 104:29 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 "Magna parens terra est", Ovid. Metamorph. l. 1. Fab. 7.

Ecclesiastes 3:20 In-Context

18 I thought to myself, "God is going to test humans in order to show them that they are [like] animals."

19 Humans and animals have the same destiny. One dies just like the other. All of them have the same breath [of life]. Humans have no advantage over animals. All [of life] is pointless.

20 All [life] goes to the same place. All [life] comes from the ground, and all of it goes back to the ground.

21 Who knows whether a human spirit goes upward or whether an animal spirit goes downward to the earth?

22 I saw that there's nothing better for people to do than to enjoy their work because that is their lot [in life]. Who will allow them to see what will happen after them?