Ecclesiastes 12:7
ContextNET © | 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. |
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NET © | and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath 1 returns to God who gave it. |
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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. |