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title: "Ecclesiastes 12:7 KJV - \"Then shall the dust return to the eart...\" | Real Bible Believers"
description: "\"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.\" — Read Ecclesiastes 12:7 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Ecclesiastes 12:7 in Context (Verses 4–10 KJV)
 
 [4 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/12/4) And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
 
 [5 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/12/5) Also *when* they shall be afraid of *that which is* high, and fears *shall be* in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
 
 [6 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/12/6) 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 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/12/7) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/12/8) ¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all *is* vanity.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/12/9) And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, *and* set in order many proverbs.*
 
 [10 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/12/10) The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and *that which was* written *was* upright, *even* words of truth.*
 
[Ecclesiastes 11](/kjv/ecclesiastes/11) [Song of Solomon 1](/kjv/song-of-solomon/1)

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