Parallel Verses

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.

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.

Holman Bible

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

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 lace be taken away, and or the golden band be broken; or the pot be broken at the well, and the wheel upon the cistern; 7 Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it. 8 All is but vanity - sayeth the preacher - all is but plain vanity.



Cross References

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast taken: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."

Genesis 2:7

Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mold of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made a living soul.

Job 34:14-15

To whom hath he given his heart, for to draw his spirit and breath unto him?

Psalm 146:4

For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and so all his thoughts perish.

Ecclesiastes 3:20-21

They go all unto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turn unto dust again.

Isaiah 57:16

For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.

Zechariah 12:1

The heavy burden which the LORD hath devised for Israel. Thus sayeth the LORD, which spread the heavens abroad, laid the foundation of the earth, and giveth man the breath of life,

Numbers 16:22

And they fell upon their faces, and said, "O most mighty God of the spirits of all flesh; one man hath sinned, and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude?"

Numbers 27:16

"Let the LORD, God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation;

Psalm 90:3

Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men."

Daniel 12:2

Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to perpetual shame and reproof.

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, and yet am but dust and ashes.

Job 4:19-20

How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?

Job 7:21

Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."

Job 20:11

From his youth his bones are full of vice; but now shall it lie down with him in the earth.

Jeremiah 38:16

So the king swore an oath secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, "As truly as the LORD liveth, that made us these souls, I will not slay thee, nor give thee in to the hands of them that seek after thy life."

Hebrews 12:9

Moreover, seeing we had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: should we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spiritual gifts that we might live?

Hebrews 12:23

and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:

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