Ecclesiastes 12:7

Before the dust also return to the earth as it was, 1 And the spirit return to God who gave it. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 be let go, 1 Or the choice gold be broken, 1 Or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, 1 Or the wheel run down to the cistern; 1

8Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; 1 All is vanity. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.

Numbers 16:22And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of spirits and of all flesh, if one man has sinned, shall the wrath of the Lord be upon the whole congregation?

Job 4:19But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, 1 Of whom we also are formed of the same clay, 1 He smites them like a moth. 1

Job 20:11His bones have been filled with vigor of his youth, 1 And it shall lie down with him in the dust. 1

Job 34:15All flesh would die together, 1 And every mortal would return to the earth, whence also he was formed. 1

Psalms 90:3For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, 1 From every troublesome matter. 1

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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