You (A)turn mortals back into dust
And say, “Return, you sons of mankind.”

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You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(A)

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29 You (A)hide Your face, they are terrified;
You (B)take away their breath, they perish
And (C)return to their dust.

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29 When you hide your face,(A)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.(B)

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then the (A)dust will return to the earth as it was, and the [a](B)spirit will return to (C)God who gave it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:7 Or breath

and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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