Ecclesiastes 12:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came, and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 The Lorde God also dyd shape man, euen dust fro of the grounde, & breathed into his nosethrylles the breath of lyfe, and man was a lyuyng soule.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake, some to euerlasting life, & some to shame & perpetuall contempt.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The heauy burthen which the Lorde hath deuised for Israel. Thus saith the Lorde which spread the heauens abrode, layde the foundatio of the earth, and gaue man the breath of lyfe,
  • Eccl 3:20-21 : 20 They go all vnto one place: for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turne vnto dust agayne. 21 Who knoweth the spirite of man that goeth vpwarde, & the breath of the beast that goeth downe to the earth?
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For I chyde not euer, and am not wroth without ende: but the blasting goeth from me, and is included in the body, and I made the breath.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart vpon man and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath, 15 All fleshe shall come to naught at once, and all men shall turne againe vnto dust.
  • Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust: thou sayest also, O ye children of men returne you into dust.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue?
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 And vnto the congregation of the first borne, written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirites of iust and perfect men:
  • Jer 38:16 : 16 So the kyng swore an oth secretely to Ieremie, saying: As the Lorde liueth that made vs these soules, I wyll not slay thee, nor geue thee into the handes of them that seke after thy lyfe.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.
  • Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell vpon their faces, and sayde: O God, the God of spirites of all fleshe, hath not one man sinned? Wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude?
  • Num 27:16 : 16 Let the Lord God of the spirites of all fleshe set a man ouer ye congregation,
  • Job 4:19-20 : 19 Howe much more in them that dwel in houses of clay, and whose foundation is but dust, which shall be consumed as it were with a moth? 20 They shalbe smitten from the morning vnto the euening: yea they shall perishe for euer, when no man regardeth them.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 Why doest thou not pardon my trespasses, and take away myne iniquitie? Behold, nowe must I sleepe in the dust, and if thou sekest me to morowe in the morning, I shal not be.
  • Job 20:11 : 11 From his youth his bones are full of pleasures, but now shall it lye downe within him in the earth.

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    19For it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, euen one condition vnto them both: as the one dyeth so dyeth the other, yea they haue both one maner of breath: so that in this a man hath no preeminence aboue a beast, but are all subdued vnto vanitie.

    20They go all vnto one place: for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turne vnto dust agayne.

    21Who knoweth the spirite of man that goeth vpwarde, & the breath of the beast that goeth downe to the earth?

    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

  • Job 34:14-15
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    14If he set his heart vpon man and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath,

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    8All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie.

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    4Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde.

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    29When thou hydest thy face, they are troubled: when thou takest away their spirite, they dye, and are turned agayne to their dust.

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    9The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp,

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    19In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.

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    7Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.

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    10But as for man, when he is dead, perished, and consumed away, what becommeth of him?

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    3Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust: thou sayest also, O ye children of men returne you into dust.

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    15Lyke as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thyther agayne, and caryeth nothyng away with him of all his labour.

    16This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?

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    2All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.

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    5The sunne aryseth, the sunne goeth downe, and returneth to his place, that he may there ryse vp agayne.

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    2Before the sunne, the light, the moone, and starres be darkened, and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne:

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    11Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

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    16These shall go downe with me into the pit, and lye with me in the dust.

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    14For we must nedes dye, and are as wather spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered vp againe: Neither doth God spare any person, yet doth he appoynt meanes that his banished be not vtterly expelled from him.

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    10Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.

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    10For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.

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    2He commeth vp, and is cut downe like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state.

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    12Your remembraunce is lyke vnto a sparke, and your bodies lyke the claye.

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