Ecclesiastes 12:7

In 11 translations

BSB

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.

GNV

And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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WLC

וְיָשֹׁ֧ב הֶעָפָ֛ר עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה וְהָר֣וּחַ תָּשׁ֔וּב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְתָנָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπιστρέψῃ ὁ χοῦς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ὡς ἦν, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ὃς ἔδωκεν αὐτό.

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• Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Ecclesiastes 3:20–21All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
• Psalms 146:4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
• Genesis 3:19By 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.”
• Job 34:14–15If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
• Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
• Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
• Numbers 16:22But 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?”
• Job 20:11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
• Numbers 27:16“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
• Jeremiah 38:16But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
• Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
• Genesis 18:27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
• Job 4:19–20how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth! They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
• Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

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