Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns 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.

King James Version

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

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.

A Conservative Version

and the dust returns to the earth as it 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.

Amplified

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.

Bible in Basic English

And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And the dust shall turn back to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall turn back to God who gave it.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which 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 Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And the dust return to the earth, as it was, - and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

to the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

as it was and the spirit
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

Context Readings

Advice To The Young: Life Is Short And Then You Die

6 before the silver cord is snapped,
and the gold bowl is broken,
and the jar is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel is broken into the well;
7 and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
8 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Job 34:14-15

If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,

Psalm 146:4

When his breath leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.

Ecclesiastes 3:20-21

All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not accuse you forever,
and I will not always be angry;
for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,
even the breath of man, which I have made.

Zechariah 12:1

An Oracle

The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
A declaration of the Lord,
who stretched out the heavens,
laid the foundation of the earth,
and formed the spirit of man within him.

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You vent Your wrath on the whole community?”

Numbers 27:16

“May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community

Psalm 90:3

You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,
and some to shame and eternal contempt.

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord—even though I am dust and ashes—

Job 4:19-20

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!

Job 7:21

Why not forgive my sin
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

Job 20:11

His bones may be full of youthful vigor,
but will lie down with him in the grave.

Jeremiah 38:16

King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private, “As the Lord lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who want to take your life.”

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

Hebrews 12:23

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

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