Ecclesiastes 12:7-8
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8 New International Version (NIV)
and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is meaningless!”
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless.”
Ecclesiastes 12:6-8 The Message (MSG)
Life, lovely while it lasts, is soon over. Life as we know it, precious and beautiful, ends. The body is put back in the same ground it came from. The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it. It’s all smoke, nothing but smoke. The Quester says that everything’s smoke.
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8 King James Version (KJV)
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8 New Century Version (NCV)
You will turn back into the dust of the earth again, but your spirit will return to God who gave it. Everything is useless! The Teacher says that everything is useless.
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8 American Standard Version (ASV)
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “All is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity (futility).” [Eccl 1:2; Rom 8:20]