Ecclesiastes 12:6-8

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁶ Remember your Creator before the silver cord is snapped,
the golden bowl is broken,
the pitcher is smashed near the spring,
and the water wheel is broken at the cistern.
⁷ Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before,
and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

⁸ “Absolutely pointless!” says the spokesman. “Everything is pointless!”