Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
then the
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 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.
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.
Themes
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The most wonderful house in the world
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death
Topics
Interlinear
Shuwb
Ruwach
Shuwb
'elohiym
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 12:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Advice To The Young: Life Is Short And Then You Die
6
When the silver cord is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7 then the
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.
Genesis 2:7
Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
Job 34:14-15
If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
Psalm 146:4
His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end).
Ecclesiastes 3:20-21
All go to one place. All came from the dust and all return to dust.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend (rebuke) forever! Nor will I always be angry! The spirit would fail before me, and those whom I have made.
Zechariah 12:1
The prophetic utterance of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Jehovah declared: Who stretches forth the heavens? Who lays the foundation of the earth? Who forms the spirit of man within him?
Numbers 16:22
Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground and said: O God, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone! If one man sins, will you be angry with the entire congregation?
Numbers 27:16
O Jehovah our God, source of all life, appoint, I pray, a man who can lead the people
Psalm 90:3
You turn men back into dust and say: Return, O sons of men!
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham answered and said: Indeed now, I who am only dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah:
Job 4:19-20
How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!
Job 7:21
Why not just pardon my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone.
Job 20:11
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.
Jeremiah 38:16
So King Zedekiah promised me in secret: I swear by the living God, the God who gave us life, that I will not put you to death or hand you over to the men who want to kill you.
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh that corrected us, and we gave them respect. Shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
Hebrews 12:23
to the general assembly and congregation of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just (righteous) (holy) men made perfect (mature) (having all needed qualities).