Ecclesiastes 12:7 Parallel Translations

Then the dust of mortals goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

Numbers 16:22 But they fell on their faces and said, "O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?"

Numbers 27:16 "May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Job 34:14 "If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

Job 34:15 All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.

Psalm 104:29 You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

Isaiah 57:16 "For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would grow faint before Me, And the breath of those whom I have made.

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him,

Luke 23:46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last.

Acts 7:59 They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the {u} spirit shall return to God who gave it.
(u) The soul unconsciously goes either to joy or torment, and sleeps not as the wicked imagine.

MHC:

12:1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them, looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early, while the body is strong, and the spirits active. When a man has the pain of reviewing a misspent life, his not having given up sin and worldly vanities till he is forced to say, I have no pleasure in them, renders his sincerity very questionable. Then follows a figurative description of old age and its infirmities, which has some difficulties; but the meaning is plain, to show how uncomfortable, generally, the days of old age are. As the four verses, 2-5, are a figurative description of the infirmities that usually accompany old age, ver. 6 notices the circumstances which take place in the hour of death. If sin had not entered into the world, these infirmities would not have been known. Surely then the aged should reflect on the evil of sin.

CONC:

Dust Goes Ground Return Returneth Returns Spirit

Dust Earth Goes Ground Returneth Returns Spirit

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