Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust return to the earth, as it was,—and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, saith the Proclaimer, all, is vanity.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, 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 against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.
Job 4:19How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:
Job 20:11His bones, are full of youthful vigour, yet, with him—in the dust, shall it lie down.
Job 34:15All flesh together, would cease to breathe, and, the earth-born, unto dust, would return.
Psalms 90:3Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons 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 →