Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

6While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.

8Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou [art], and unto dust thou turnest back.'

Numbers 16:22and they fall on their faces, and say, 'God, God of the spirits of all flesh — the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!'

Job 4:19Also — the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

Job 20:11His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

Job 34:15Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons 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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