Ecclesiastes 12:6-8

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⁶before the silver cord is snapped,^[a] and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel broken at the cistern, ⁷and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath^[b] returns to God who gave it. ⁸Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher;^[c] all is vanity.

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Notas al pie

Ecclesiastes 12:6 Syr Vg Compare Gk: Heb is removed
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Or the spirit
Ecclesiastes 12:8 Qoheleth, traditionally rendered Preacher

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