Ecclesiastes 12:7

Ecclesiastes 12:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7and the dust returns to the ground it came from,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

7then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

7then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

7and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

7And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

7and the dust returns to the earth as it was,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

7Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from.

Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.

7Our bodies go back into the ground as dust.

The breath of our life goes back to God,

who gave it to us.

7And the dust returns to the earth as it was, || And the spirit returns to God who gave it.