Ecclesiastes 3:20
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
Key Terms in This Verse
שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
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