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Ecclesiastes 12:7 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 12:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 12 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:7
The Preacher describes death poetically: 'Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.' The language echoes Genesis 2:7 and 3:19—God formed man from dust and breathed life into him; at death, these separate. The body ('dust,' aphar, עָפָר) returns to earth, while the spirit (ruach, רוּחַ) returns to God. This verse affirms both human mortality (bodily decomposition) and spiritual survival (the spirit returns to God for judgment). It anticipates resurrection hope: though the body returns to dust, God will raise it (Daniel 12:2; 1 Corinthia...
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Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 12:7
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“some to everlasting life”
“and all turn to dust again.”
“and he returns to the earth. In that very day”
“for out of it you were taken. For you are dust”
“If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath”
“who stretches out the heavens”
“and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
“neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me”
“and said”
“but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.”