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Ecclesiastes 12:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

7 And the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
    and the life breath returns to God who gave it.[a](A)

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  1. 12:7 Death is portrayed in terms of the description of creation in Gn 2:7; the body corrupts in the grave, and the life breath (lit., “spirit”), or gift of life, returns to God who had breathed upon what he had formed.
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