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Ecclesiastes 12:7  King James Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 12:7  New International Version

7 and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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Cross references

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : S Ge 2:7; S Ps 146:4
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : Ecc 3:21
  3. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : S Job 20:8

Ecclesiastes 12:7  English Standard Version

7 and (A)the dust returns to the earth as it was, and (B)the spirit returns to God (C)who gave it.

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Cross references

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : Ps. 90:3; 103:14; See ch. 3:20; Job 34:15
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : [ch. 3:21]
  3. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : [Job 34:14; Isa. 57:16; Zech. 12:1]; See Gen. 2:7

Ecclesiastes 12:7  Christian Standard Bible

7 and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.(A)

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Cross references

  1. 12:7 : Gn 2:7; 3:19; Ec 3:21

Ecclesiastes 12:7  New American Standard Bible 1995

7 then the (A)dust will return to the earth as it was, and the [a](B)spirit will return to (C)God who gave it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:7 Or breath

Cross references

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : Gen 3:19; Job 34:15; Ps 104:29; Eccl 3:20
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : Job 34:14; Eccl 3:21; Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59
  3. Ecclesiastes 12:7 : Num 16:22; 27:16; Is 57:16; Zech 12:1
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