Verse 7

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Støvet vender tilbake til jorden slik det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som gav den.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da skal støvet vende tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vende tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Norsk King James

  Da skal støvet vende tilbake til jorden som det var: og ånden skal vende tilbake til Gud som gav den.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  da støvet vender tilbake til jorden slik det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da vil støvet vende tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da vender støvet tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da skal støvet vende tilbake til jorden slik det var, og ånden vende tilbake til Gud som gav den.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da vender støvet tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da vender støvet tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.12.7", "source": "וְיָשֹׁ֧ב הֶעָפָ֛ר עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה וְהָר֣וּחַ תָּשׁ֔וּב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְתָנָֽהּ׃", "text": "Wə-*yāšōḇ* he-*ʿāpār* *ʿal*-hā-*ʾāreṣ* kə-še-*hāyāh* wə-hā-*rûaḥ* *tāšûḇ* *ʾel*-hā-*ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾăšer* *nətānāh*", "grammar": { "*yāšōḇ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will return", "*ʿāpār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust/soil", "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/to", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*hāyāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it was", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - spirit/breath/wind", "*tāšûḇ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will return", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - who/which", "*nətānāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he gave it" }, "variants": { "*ʿāpār*": "dust/soil/earth (reference to Genesis 3:19)", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/life-force", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God (plural form used as singular)" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  og støvet vender tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  og Støvet kommer til Jorden igjen, som det var (før), og Aanden kommer til Gud igjen, som gav den.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da skal støv vende tilbake til jorden slik det var, og ånden skal vende tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Og støvet vender tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som gav den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og støvet vender tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og støvet vender tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og støvet vender tilbake til jorden som det var, og ånden vender tilbake til Gud som ga den.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
• Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
• Gen 2:7 : 7 And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
• Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, says the LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
• Eccl 3:20-21 : 20 All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?
• Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
• Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.
• Ps 90:3 : 3 You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.
• Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
• Heb 12:23 : 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
• Jer 38:16 : 16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.
• Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
• Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will You be angry with all the congregation?
• Num 27:16 : 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
• Job 4:19-20 : 19 How much less in those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth? 20 They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
• Job 7:21 : 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
• Job 20:11 : 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.