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


In Context

4 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

5 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

6 before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

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

8 |Vanity of vanities,| says the Preacher. |All is vanity!|

9 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.