Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

6Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit;

8Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; all is vanity.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19In 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.'

Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said: 'O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt Thou be wroth with all the congregation?'

Job 4:19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

Job 20:11His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Job 34:15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.

Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye children 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 →

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