Ecclesiastes 12:6-8

Lexham English Bible

⁶ Before the silver cord is snapped
    and the golden bowl is broken;
and the jar at the foundation is broken,
    and the wheel at the cistern is broken.
⁷ And the dust returns to the earth as it was,
    and the breath returns to God who gave it.

⁸ “Vanity of vanity!” says the Teacher.^[a]
    “Everything is vanity!”