Ecclesiastes 12:7

NETBible

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath 1  returns to God who gave it.

NIV ©

and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

MSG ©

The body is put back in the same ground it came from. The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it.

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

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

KJV
Then shall the dust
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return
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to the earth
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as it was: and the spirit
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shall return
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unto God
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who gave
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it.
NASB ©
then the dust
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will return
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to the earth
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as it was, and the spirit
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will return
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to God
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who
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gave
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it.
LXXM
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PREP
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T-ASF
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N-ASF
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CONJ
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CONJ
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T-NSN
pneuma
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N-NSN
epistreqh
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PREP
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T-ASM
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R-NSM
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NET [draft] ITL
and the dust
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returns
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to
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the earth
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as it was
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, and the life’s breath
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returns
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to
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God
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who
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gave
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it.
HEBREW
hntn
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rsa
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Myhlah
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la
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bwst
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xwrhw
<07307>
hyhsk
<01961>
Urah
<0776>
le
<05921>
rpeh
<06083>
bsyw (12:7)
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NETBible

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath 1  returns to God who gave it.

NET Notes

1 tn Or “spirit.” The likely referent is the life’s breath that originates with God. See Eccl 3:19, as well as Gen 2:7; 6:17; 7:22.