Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
In Context
8Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
Cross References
Genesis 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.
Numbers 16:22They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man's sin shall thy wrath rage against all?
Job 4:19How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?
Job 20:11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
Job 34:15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return into ashes.
Psalms 90:3Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:2-8
The Infirmities of Old Age; The Effects of Death. 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4… Read the whole commentary →