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

Ecclesiastes 12:7. New International Version ... and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.... Read verse in New International Version.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 — New Living Translation (NLT). 7 For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

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

Ecclesiastes 12:7: Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (King James Version, hereafter cited ...

The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. NIV: New International Version

Ecclesiastes 12:7. “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”

Then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.