Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

biblegateway Ecc 12:7

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

biblegateway Ecc 12:7

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

biblegateway Ecc 12:7

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

biblegateway Ecc 12:7

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

SABDAweb Ecc 12:7

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

bibleoremus Ecc 12:7

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

biblegateway Ecc 12:7

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

biblegateway Ecc 12:7

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

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.