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Ecclesiastes 12:7

American Standard Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 12:7 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 12:7 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 12:7 in context

  1. 5yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
  2. 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,
  3. 7and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
  4. 8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
  5. 9And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.