Ecclesiastes 12:7
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
7725 [e]וְיָשֹׁ֧ב
wə-yā-šōḇ
And will returnConj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms
6083 [e]הֶעָפָ֛ר
he-‘ā-p̄ār
the dustArt | N-ms
5921 [e]עַל־
‘al-
toPrep
776 [e]הָאָ֖רֶץ
hā-’ā-reṣ
the earthArt | N-fs
1961 [e]כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה
kə-še-hā-yāh;
as it wasPrep-k, Pro-r | V-Qal-Perf-3ms
7307 [e]וְהָר֣וּחַ
wə-hā-rū-aḥ
and the spiritConj-w, Art | N-cs
7725 [e]תָּשׁ֔וּב
tā-šūḇ,
will returnV-Qal-Imperf-3fs
413 [e]אֶל־
’el-
toPrep
430 [e]הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm
GodArt | N-mp
834 [e]אֲשֶׁ֥ר
’ă-šer
whoPro-r
5414 [e]נְתָנָֽהּ׃
nə-ṯā-nāh.
gave itV-Qal-Perf-3ms | 3fs





















Hebrew Texts
קהלת 12:7 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְיָשֹׁ֧ב הֶעָפָ֛ר עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה וְהָר֣וּחַ תָּשׁ֔וּב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְתָנָֽהּ׃

קהלת 12:7 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
וישב העפר על־הארץ כשהיה והרוח תשוב אל־האלהים אשר נתנה׃

קהלת 12:7 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
וישב העפר על־הארץ כשהיה והרוח תשוב אל־האלהים אשר נתנה׃

קהלת 12:7 Hebrew Bible
וישב העפר על הארץ כשהיה והרוח תשוב אל האלהים אשר נתנה׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it."
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

dust

Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to …

Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken on me to …

Job 4:19,20 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation …

Job 7:21 And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? …

Job 20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down …

Job 34:14,15 If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath…

Psalm 90:3 You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.

Psalm 146:4 His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day …

Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, …

the spirit

Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the …

God

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed …

Numbers 16:22 And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits …

Numbers 27:16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over …

Isaiah 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: …

Jeremiah 38:16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD …

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, said the LORD, which …

Hebrews 12:9,23 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, …

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