Ecclesiastes 12:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Or dust be turned againe vnto earth from whence it came, and or the sprete returne vnto God, which gaue it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred, tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth, whece thou art take: for earth thou art, and vnto earth shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 Blessed is he that hath ye God of Iacob for his helpe, and whose hope is in the LORDE his God.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And ye LORDE God shope man eue of the moulde of the earth, & brethed in to his face ye breth of life. And so was man made a lyuynge soule.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake: some to euerlastinge life, some to perpetuall shame & reprofe.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The heuy burthen which ye LORDE hath deuysed for Israel. Thus saieth the LORDE, which spred the heaues abrode, layde the foundacion of the earth, and geueth man ye breath of life:
  • Eccl 3:20-21 : 20 They go all vnto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shal they all turne vnto dust againe. 21 Who knoweth the sprete of man yt goeth vpwarde, and the breth of the beest yt goeth downe in to the earth?
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For I chide not euer, & am not wroth wt out ende. But ye blastinge goeth fro me, though I make the breath.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 To whom hath he geuen his herte, for to drawe his sprete and breth vnto him? 15 All flesh shal come together vnto naught, & all me shal turne agayne vnto earth.
  • Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest man to destruccion, Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye children of men.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Morouer seyenge we haue had fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs, & we gaue them reuerence, shulde we not then moch rather be in subieccion vnto ye father of spirituall giftes, yt we mighte lyue?
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 and vnto the congregacion of the first borne, which are wrytten in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spretes of iust and perfecte men,
  • Jer 38:16 : 16 So the kynge swore an ooth secretly vnto Ieremy, sayenge: As truly as the LORDE lyueth, that made vs these soules, I will not slaye the, ner geue the in to the hodes of them, that seke after thy life.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 Abraham answered, and sayde: O se, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the LORDE, howbeit I am but dust and asshes.
  • Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell vpon their faces, & sayde: O God, thou God of the spretes of all flesh, yf one man haue synned, wilt thou therfore be wroth ouer the whole congregacion?
  • Num 27:16 : 16 O let the LORDE God of the spretes of all flesh set a ma ouer the congregacion,
  • Job 4:19-20 : 19 How moch more the shal they (that dwell in houses of claye, whose foundacion is but earth) be moth eaten? 20 They shalbe destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge: yee they shall perish, or euer they be awarre:
  • Job 7:21 : 21 Why doest thou not forgeue me my synne? Wherfore takest thou not awaye my wickednesse? Beholde, now must I slepe in the dust: and yff thou sekest me tomorow in the mornynge, I shalbe gone.
  • Job 20:11 : 11 From his youth his bones are ful of vyce, which shal lie downe wt him in ye earth.

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    19 for it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, & as the one dyeth, so dyeth ye other: yee they haue both one maner of breth, so yt (in this) a man hath no preemynence aboue a beest, but all are subdued vnto vanite.

    20 They go all vnto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shal they all turne vnto dust againe.

    21 Who knoweth the sprete of man yt goeth vpwarde, and the breth of the beest yt goeth downe in to the earth?

    22 Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

  • Job 34:14-15
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    14 To whom hath he geuen his herte, for to drawe his sprete and breth vnto him?

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    8 All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.

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    10 ner turneth agayne in to his house, nether shall his place knowe him eny more.

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    19 In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred, tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth, whece thou art take: for earth thou art, and vnto earth shalt thou be turned agayne.

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    3 Thou turnest man to destruccion, Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye children of men.

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    5 The Sone aryseth, the Sonne goeth downe, & returneth to his place, yt he maye there ryse vp agayne.

    6 The wynde goeth towarde ye South, & fetcheth his copase aboute vnto the North, & so turneth in to himself agayne.

    7 All floudes runne in to the see, & yet the see is not fylled: for loke vnto what place the waters runne, thence they come agayne.

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    11 A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

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