Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came, and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
Bible (Bishops')
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
8All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
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 →