Ecclesiastes 12

6 before the silver cord is snapped,  * 12:6 Alt Hb tradition reads removed

and the gold bowl is broken,  * 12:6 Zch 4:2–3

and the jar is shattered at the spring,

and the wheel is broken into the well;

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

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.  * 12:7 Gn 2:7; 3:19; Ec 3:21