Ecclesiastes 12:7
And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.
Numbers 16:22And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation?
Job 4:19Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
Job 20:11His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
Job 34:15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall returne vnto dust.
Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.
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 →