Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was,and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
New Heart English Bible
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, says the Preacher.All is vanity!
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Numbers 16:22They fell on their faces, and said, "God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?"
Job 4:19How much more, those who 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 youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job 34:15all flesh would perish together,and man would turn again to dust.
Psalms 90:3You turn man to destruction, saying,"Return, you 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 →