Ecclesiastes 12:7 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

English ASV

and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

English Amplified

Then shall the dust [out of which God made man's body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Then shall the dust [out of which God made man's body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

English EASY 2024

Our bodies go back into the ground as dust. The breath of our life goes back to God, who gave it to us.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Your body came from the earth. And when you die, it will return to the earth. But your spirit came from God, and when you die, it will return to him.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Then the dust {of mortals} goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. That's when your spirit will go back to God who gave it.

English NIV

and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

English NKJ 1982

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

English NLT

For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

then the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

English Tyndale 1537

Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 — Compare Translations