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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God… — Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

In the original Hebrew

וְיָשֹׁ֧ב הֶעָפָ֛ר עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה וְהָר֣וּחַ תָּשׁ֔וּב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְתָנָֽהּ׃

Ecclesiastes 12:7
931 BC
★ 1.3
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DeathOblivion
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Religious literature
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Scripture
Time
931 BCOld Testament Era
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Citation
The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 12:7).

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