Ecc 3:20
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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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.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? {of man: Heb. of the sons of man} {goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc}
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
{As} the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no {more}.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. {beauty: or, strength} {in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them}
Howbeit he will not stretch out {his} hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. {grave: Heb. heap}
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
And the LORD God formed man {of} the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. {of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground}
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.
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice {told}, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?