Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
WEB
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
YLT
And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.
DBT
and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return untoGod who gave it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).