7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.


In Context

4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:7and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:7And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:7and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.