Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. New Living Translation For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. English Standard Version and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Berean Standard Bible before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. King James Bible Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. New King James Version Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it. New American Standard Bible then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. NASB 1995 then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. NASB 1977 then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Legacy Standard Bible then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Amplified Bible then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Christian Standard Bible and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Holman Christian Standard Bible and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.” American Standard Version and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the dust will return to Earth like it was and the spirit will return to LORD JEHOVAH who gave it Brenton Septuagint Translation before the dust also return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it. Contemporary English Version So our bodies return to the earth, and the life-giving breath returns to God. Douay-Rheims Bible And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it. English Revised Version and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the dust [of mortals] goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it. Good News Translation Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us. International Standard Version then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth unto God who gave it. Literal Standard Version And the dust returns to the earth as it was, | And the spirit returns to God who gave it. Majority Standard Bible before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. New American Bible And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it. NET Bible and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it. New Revised Standard Version and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it. New Heart English Bible and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Webster's Bible Translation Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it. World English Bible and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Young's Literal Translation And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Remember Your Creator…6Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well, 7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”… Cross References Luke 23:46 Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, "Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit." And when He had said this, He breathed His last. Acts 7:59 While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground--because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return." Numbers 16:22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?" Numbers 27:16 "May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation Job 34:14 If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, Job 34:15 all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust. Treasury of Scripture Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it. dust Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 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. Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: the spirit Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? God Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Numbers 16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? Numbers 27:16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Jump to Previous Dust Earth Goes Ground Returneth Returns SpiritJump to Next Dust Earth Goes Ground Returneth Returns SpiritEcclesiastes 12 1. the Creator is to be remembered in due time8. The preacher's care to edify 13. the fear of God is the chief antidote for vanity (7) The preacher has risen above the doubts of Ecclesiastes 3:21. (See also Genesis 3:19.)Verse 7. - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; rather, and the dust return, etc. - the sentence begun above being still carried on to the end of the verse. Here we are told what becomes of the complex man at death, and are thus led to the explanation of the allegorical language used throughout. Without metaphor now it is stated that the material body, when life is extinct, returns to that matter out of which it was originally made (Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; comp. Job 34:15; Psalm 104:29). So Siracides calls man "dust and ashes," and asserts that all things that are of the earth turn to the earth again (Ecclus. 10:9 Ecclus. 40:11). Soph., 'Electra,' 1158 - Ἀντὶ φιλτάτης`ΝΛ´Μορφῆς σποδόν τε καὶ σκιὰν ἀνωφελῆ "Instead of thy dear form, Hebrew [before] the dustהֶעָפָ֛ר (he·‘ā·p̄ār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud returns וְיָשֹׁ֧ב (wə·yā·šōḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the ground הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land from which it came, כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה (kə·še·hā·yāh) Preposition-k, Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be and the spirit וְהָר֣וּחַ (wə·hā·rū·aḥ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit returns תָּשׁ֔וּב (tā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that gave it. נְתָנָֽהּ׃ (nə·ṯā·nāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set Links Ecclesiastes 12:7 NIVEcclesiastes 12:7 NLT Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV Ecclesiastes 12:7 NASB Ecclesiastes 12:7 KJV Ecclesiastes 12:7 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 12:7 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 12:7 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 12:7 French Bible Ecclesiastes 12:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 12:7 And the dust returns to the earth (Ecclesiast. 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