Ecclesiastes 12:7

New International Version

⁷and the dust returns^(A) to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God^(B) who gave it.^(C)

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Ecclesiastes 12:7

New American Standard Bible

⁷then the ^(A)dust will return to the earth as it was, and the ^[a]^(B)spirit will return to ^(C)God who gave it.

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Ecclesiastes 12:7

King James Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 12:7

New King James Version

⁷^(A)Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
^(B)And the spirit will return to God ^(C)who gave it.

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Ecclesiastes 12:7

English Standard Version

⁷and ^(A)the dust returns to the earth as it was, and ^(B)the spirit returns to God ^(C)who gave it.

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