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Ecclesiastes 12:7

Ecclesiastes chapter 12 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.6before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

v.7This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 7:21

    And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

  • Job 34:14

    If he set his heart upon himself, Ifhe gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

  • Job 4:19

    How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

  • Hebrews 12:23

    to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

  • Zechariah 12:1

    The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

  • Genesis 3:19

    in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.