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OET (OET-RV) the dust returns to the earth as it was
⇔ and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
OET-LV And_returns the_dust to the_earth/land as_it_was and_the_spirit it_will_return to the_ʼElohīm who gave_it.
UHB וְיָשֹׁ֧ב הֶעָפָ֛ר עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה וְהָר֣וּחַ תָּשׁ֔וּב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְתָנָֽהּ׃ ‡
(vəyāshoⱱ heˊāfār ˊal-hāʼāreʦ kəshehāyāh vəhārūaḩ tāshūⱱ ʼel-hāʼₑlohim ʼₐsher nətānāh.)
Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ ἐπιστρέψῃ ὁ χοῦς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ὡς ἦν, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ὃς ἔδωκεν αὐτό.
(Kai epistrepsaʸ ho ⱪous epi taʸn gaʸn hōs aʸn, kai to pneuma epistrepsaʸ pros ton Theon hos edōken auto. )
BrTr before the dust also return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it.
ULT and the dust returns to the earth as that it was,
⇔ and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
UST Then our corpses will decay and become dirt again,
⇔ and our spirits will return to God, the one who gave us our spirits.
BSB [before] the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
⇔
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB And the dust goes back to the earth as it was,
⇔ And the breath returns to the God who gave it.
WEBBE and the dust returns to the earth as it was,
⇔ and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET and the dust returns to the earth as it was,
⇔ and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.
LSV And the dust returns to the earth as it was,
And the spirit returns to God who gave it.
FBV Then the dust returns to the earth from which it came, and the breath of life returns to God who gave it.
T4T Then our corpses will decay and become dirt again,
⇔ and our spirits will return to God, the one who gave us our spirits.
LEB No LEB ECC book available
BBE And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Moff No Moff ECC book available
JPS And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
ASV and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
DRA And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return 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.
Drby and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto [fn]God who gave it.
12.7 Elohim
RV and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.
SLT And the dust shall turn back to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall turn back to God who gave it.
Wbstr Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
KJB-1769 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
KJB-1611 Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps ECC book available
Gnva And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
(And dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God that gave it. )
Cvdl No Cvdl ECC book available
Wycl No Wycl ECC book available
Luth No Luth ECC book available
ClVg et revertatur pulvis in terram suam unde erat, et spiritus redeat ad Deum, qui dedit illum.[fn]
(and revertatur dust in/into/on the_earth/land his_own whence was, and spirit redeat to God, who he_gave him. )
12.7 Et revertatur. Antequam revertaris in Babyloniam unde es egressus in lumbis Abrahæ, et incipias in Mesopotamia conteri, unde profectus es.
12.7 And revertatur. Antequam revertaris in/into/on Babyloniam whence you_are going_out in/into/on lumbis Abrahæ, and incipias in/into/on Mesopotamia conteri, whence profectus you_are.
RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available
12:7 the dust will return to the earth: See Gen 2:7; 3:19.
• That the spirit will return to God who gave it hints at belief in an afterlife (cp. Eccl 3:21; see “The Afterlife” Theme Note).
Remember Him
God rescued the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and made them his own people. Yet God knew that in spite of these striking realities, his people would be prone to forget him (Deut 31:16-21). Moses cautioned the people who were about to enter the Promised Land to never forget what the Lord had done for them (Deut 8:1-20). Sure enough the people of Israel forgot the Lord, which ultimately led to their exile from the land God had given them (see 2 Kgs 17:5-23; see also Jer 2:32).
The Teacher in Ecclesiastes likewise pointed to the importance of remembering the Lord. After reflecting throughout the book on the temporality and futility of numerous aspects of life, the Teacher concludes his observations by admonishing his readers to remember the one who is not fleeting (Eccl 12:1-7). No one is able to remain young forever; aging and death are a universal part of life. As such, the Teacher encourages people to focus on God while they are young—before it’s too late. God will hold each of us accountable for all that we do (Eccl 12:13-14); how we live in the present must be informed by the reality of his future judgment.
Passages for Further Study
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) dust returns to the earth
(Some words not found in UHB: and,returns the,dust on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=earth/land as,it,was and,the,spirit you(ms)_will_return to/towards the=ʼElohīm which/who gave,it )
Here the word “dust” refers to the human body that has decomposed.