Ecclesiastes 12:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 `And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches -- to abhorrence age-during.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst.
  • Eccl 3:20-21 : 20 The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust. 21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth. 15 Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.
  • Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising `us', and we were reverencing `them'; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,
  • Jer 38:16 : 16 And the king Zedekiah sweareth unto Jeremiah in secret, saying, `Jehovah liveth, He who made for us this soul, I do not put thee to death, nor give thee unto the hand of these men who are seeking thy soul.'
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;
  • Num 16:22 : 22 and they fall on their faces, and say, `God, God of the spirits of all flesh -- the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!'
  • Num 27:16 : 16 `Jehovah -- God of the spirits of all flesh -- appoint a man over the company,
  • Job 4:19-20 : 19 Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation `is' in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.) 20 From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!
  • Job 20:11 : 11 His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:19-22
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    19For an event `is to' the sons of man, and an event `is to' the beasts, even one event `is' to them; as the death of this, so `is' the death of that; and one spirit `is' to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole `is' vanity.

    20The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.

    21Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?

    22And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

  • Job 34:14-15
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    81%

    14If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

    15Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

  • Eccl 12:5-6
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    5Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

    6While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.

  • Eccl 12:8
    79%

    8Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole `is' vanity.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

  • Ps 104:29-30
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    75%

    29Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

    30Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    75%

    9Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

    10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

  • Gen 3:19
    74%

    19by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'

  • Eccl 4:7
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    7And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

  • Job 14:10-12
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    10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where `is' he?

    11Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

    12And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

  • Ps 90:3
    73%

    3Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

  • Eccl 5:15-16
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    15As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.

    16And this also `is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage `is' to him who laboureth for wind?

  • Eccl 1:2-7
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    72%

    2Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole `is' vanity.

    3What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

    4A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

    5Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

    6Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.

    7All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

  • Eccl 12:1-2
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    72%

    1Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

    2While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 7:2
    71%

    2Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth `it' unto his heart.

  • Gen 2:7
    70%

    7And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

  • Ps 103:16
    70%

    16For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

  • Job 16:22
    70%

    22When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.

  • Eccl 2:11
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    11and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

  • Job 17:16
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    16`To' the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

  • 2 Sam 14:14
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    14for we do surely die, and `are' as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.

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    4Man to vanity hath been like, His days `are' as a shadow passing by.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also `is' vanity.

  • Job 14:2
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    2As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

  • Job 38:38
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    38In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

  • Job 13:12
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    12Your remembrances `are' similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

  • Job 21:26
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    26Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming `is' vanity.

  • Eccl 3:15
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    15What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which `is' to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

  • Eccl 8:8
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    8There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.