Ecclesiastes 12:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
6 before 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, 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath[b] returns to God who gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher;[c] all is vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Syr Vg Compare Gk: Heb is removed
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 Or the spirit
- Ecclesiastes 12:8 Qoheleth, traditionally rendered Preacher
Ecclesiastes 12:6-8
King James Version
6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
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