⁶Remember Him before the silver ¹cord is ²snapped and the ^agolden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is broken and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

⁷then the ^adust will return to the earth as it was, and the ¹^bspirit will return to ^cGod who gave it.

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Footnotes

1Or vanity
2As in Gr; Heb removed
1Or breath

Cross references

a Zech 4:2, 3
a Gen 3:19; Job 34:15; Ps 104:29; Eccl 3:20
b Job 34:14; Eccl 3:21; Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59
c Num 16:22; 27:16; Is 57:16; Zech 12:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,

and the golden bowl is broken;

before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,

and the wheel broken at the well,

and the dust returns to the ground it came from,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

before the silver cord is snapped,

and the gold bowl is broken,

and the jar is shattered at the spring,

and the wheel is broken into the well;

and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Before the silver cord is snapped

and the golden bowl is broken;

and the jar at the foundation is broken,

and the wheel at the cistern is broken.

And the dust returns to the earth as it was,

and the breath returns to God who gave it.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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