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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Ecclesiastes 12:7

It. Man is composed of two distinct parts; the destination of which we ought never to forget. Thus the objection of infidels (chap. iii. 19.) is refuted. Plato and some of the ancients had the same idea of the soul's spiritual nature; though some took it to be an aerial body. (Calmet)

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See also Ecclesiastes 12:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ecclesiastes 12:7. _THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS: AND_ _THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD_] 5. Putrefaction and solution take place; the whole mass becomes decomposed, and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE SPIRIT - i. e., The spirit separated unto God from the body at death. No more is said here of its future destiny. To return to God, who is the fountain Psalms 36:9 of Life, certainly means to cont...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Youth and old age (Ecclesiastes 12:1)_ 2. The concluding epilogue (Ecclesiastes 12:9) Ecclesiastes 12:1. Childhood and youth are vanity! That is the concludin

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ECCLESIASTES 11:1 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:8. CLOSING COUNSELS. It is well to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure, before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EPILOGUE. Ecclesiastes 12:9 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote words of truth in a pleasing and elegant (acceptable)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DUST. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, put for the body which is made of dust (Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; Psalms 104:29; Job 34:15;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was_ The reference to the history of man's creation in Genesis 2:7 is unmistakeable, and finds an echo in the familiar words of our Burial Service, "Eart...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH.— Desvoeux connects this with the preceding verse; at the end of which he places a semicolon only, and reads thus, _And the dust return into the earth as it was...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE PICTURE OF OLD AGE, _From Ecclesiastes 12:1 according to the common Translation._ The royal preacher, in the first seven verses of this chapter, enforces the duty of early religion, by arguments...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    G. DEATH COMES TO EVERY MAN. Ecclesiastes 12:2-8 TEXT 12:2-8 2 before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; 3 in the day that the watchmen of...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. THE DUST - the dust-formed body; so called because formed from the dust, and also because of it...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:7 spirit (e-13) See Note, Job 27:3 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IN LIFE REMEMBER DEATH AND JUDGMENT 1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind and body are failing, it will be too late. 1-7. Commentators have differed much as to the inte...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 12 YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER WHO MADE THEM – ECCLESIASTES 12:1-8 V1 Remember who...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The preacher has risen above the doubts of Ecclesiastes 3:21. (See also Genesis 3:19.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ יָשֹׁ֧ב הֶ עָפָ֛ר עַל ־הָ אָ֖רֶץ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    FOURTH SECTION The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards; But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present L...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE END OF THE MATTER” Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful. The inference is obvious that our bodies are not ourselves, but only our tenement. Ou...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the sermon. It first repeats the theme as announced at the beginn...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the (u) spirit shall return to God who gave it. (u) The soul unconsciously goes either to joy or torment, and sleeps not as the wicked imagine....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: an...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS,.... The body, which is made of dust, and is no other in its present state than dust refined and enlivened; and when the above things take place, ment...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Ver. 7. _Then shall the dust return to the earth, &c._] What is man, saith Nazianzen, but Nους και...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then shall the dust_ The body, called _dust_, both on account of its original, which was from the dust, and to signify its vile and corruptible nature. _As it was_ Whence it was first taken. He allud...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then shall the dust, out of which man was formed at the beginning, Genesis 2:7, RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS, Genesis 3:19, AND THE SPIRIT, namely, of every one that died in the true faith, SHALL RET...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AN APPEAL TO THE YOUNG...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "THEN THE DUST WILL RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS, AND THE SPIRIT WILL RETURN TO GOD WHO GAVE IT."THEN" -following the moment of death. The physical body will immediately begin the process of decay, a...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE DUST; the body, called _dust_, both for its original, which was from the dust, and to signify its vile and corruptible nature, JOB 4:19, JOB 30:19 PSALMS 103:14. RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS; whe...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 12:7 dust H6083 return H7725 (H8799) earth H776 spirit H7307 return H7725 (H8799) God H430 gave

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it.' There is a clear reference here to the idea behind Genesis 2:7, although ‘spirit' (ruach = spirit, wind, breath)...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 12:7 I. Nothing is more difficult than to realise that every man has a distinct soul, that every one of all the millions who live or have lived is as whole and independent a being in hims...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 8:16-12 I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth:_ Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice, «Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;_ Do not give God the dre...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Exhortation to the young to be religious. The vanity of the world. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The great antidote against the diseases of youth, the love of mirth, the indulgence...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator._ Hebrews בוראיךְ _Boreicha,_ thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים _Elohim, Genesis 1:1_, designating the Divinity or Godhead, as Romans 1:20. Certai...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it._ THE DEATH OF THE BODY, AND SEPARATE STATE OF SOULS I. Death reduces our bodies to their primiti...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth._ THE CREATOR REMEMBERED How shall we understand this? Is it an allegory describing the weakening of the body? Is it a description of the Jews in ca...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:2 This section is a symbolic picture of aging and death. The common link between most of the images used in v. Ecclesiastes 12:6 appears to be

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 12:1. THY CREATOR.] The Hebrew word is in the plural form, denoting the fulness and wealth of the Divine nature. While the evil days come not.] The time of joyless old a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 12:1 The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 of the preceding chapter. REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1), It is interesting that most conversions are made during the teenage years. Seven-eighths of every decision for Jesus Christ is m...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 12:2; Ecclesiastes 3:20; Ecclesiastes 3:21; Genesis 18:27;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE RELIGION UNDER THE SUN Ecclesiastes 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are many religions; there is but one Christianity, one Christ. There...

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