7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Other Translations of Ecclesiastes 12:7

King James Version

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

English Standard Version

7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

The Message

7 The body is put back in the same ground it came from. The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it.

New King James Version

7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

New Living Translation

7 For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:7

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

(Read Ecclesiastes 12:1-7)

We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them, looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early, while the body is strong, and the spirits active. When a man has the pain of reviewing a misspent life, his not having given up sin and worldly vanities till he is forced to say, I have no pleasure in them, renders his sincerity very questionable. Then follows a figurative description of old age and its infirmities, which has some difficulties; but the meaning is plain, to show how uncomfortable, generally, the days of old age are. As the four verses, verse 6 notices the circumstances which take place in the hour of death. If sin had not entered into the world, these infirmities would not have been known. Surely then the aged should reflect on the evil of sin.

8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Other Translations of 2 Corinthians 5:8

King James Version

8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

English Standard Version

8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

The Message

8 Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we'll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming.

New King James Version

8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

New Living Translation

8 Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:8

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:1-8

(Read 2 Corinthians 5:1-8)

The believer not only is well assured by faith that there is another and a happy life after this is ended, but he has good hope, through grace, of heaven as a dwelling-place, a resting-place, a hiding-place. In our Father's house there are many mansions, whose Builder and Maker is God. The happiness of the future state is what God has prepared for those that love him: everlasting habitations, not like the earthly tabernacles, the poor cottages of clay, in which our souls now dwell; that are mouldering and decaying, whose foundations are in the dust. The body of flesh is a heavy burden, the calamities of life are a heavy load. But believers groan, being burdened with a body of sin, and because of the many corruptions remaining and raging within them. Death will strip us of the clothing of flesh, and all the comforts of life, as well as end all our troubles here below. But believing souls shall be clothed with garments of praise, with robes of righteousness and glory. The present graces and comforts of the Spirit are earnests of everlasting grace and comfort. And though God is with us here, by his Spirit, and in his ordinances, yet we are not with him as we hope to be. Faith is for this world, and sight is for the other world. It is our duty, and it will be our interest, to walk by faith, till we live by sight. This shows clearly the happiness to be enjoyed by the souls of believers when absent from the body, and where Jesus makes known his glorious presence. We are related to the body and to the Lord; each claims a part in us. But how much more powerfully the Lord pleads for having the soul of the believer closely united with himself! Thou art one of the souls I have loved and chosen; one of those given to me. What is death, as an object of fear, compared with being absent from the Lord!