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

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam {was made} a quickening spirit.

But now, O LORD, thou {art} our father; we {are} the clay, and thou our potter; and we all {are} the work of thy hand.

Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The first man {is} of the earth, earthy: the second man {is} the Lord from heaven.

All the while my breath {is} in me, and the spirit of God {is} in my nostrils; {the spirit...: that is, the breath which God gave him}

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou {art}, and unto dust shalt thou return.

All in whose nostrils {was} the breath of life, of all that {was} in the dry {land}, died. {the breath...: Heb. the breath of the spirit of life}

The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we {are} dust.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Know ye that the LORD he {is} God: {it is} he {that} hath made us, and not we ourselves; {we are} his people, and the sheep of his pasture. {and not...: or, and his we are}

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed {it}, Why hast thou made me thus? {repliest...: or, answerest again, or, disputest with God?}

Cease ye from man, whose breath {is} in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

The spirit of man {is} the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. {candle: or, lamp}

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected {us}, and we gave {them} reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

Behold, I {am} according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. {wish: Heb. mouth} {formed: Heb. cut}

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully {and} wonderfully made: marvellous {are} thy works; and {that} my soul knoweth right well. {right...: Heb. greatly}

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

And when he had said this, he breathed on {them}, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam {was made} a quickening spirit.

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, {they} are spirit, and {they} are life.

And when he had said this, he breathed on {them}, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

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

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou {art}, and unto dust shalt thou return.

And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

The spirit of man {is} the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. {candle: or, lamp}

All the while my breath {is} in me, and the spirit of God {is} in my nostrils; {the spirit...: that is, the breath which God gave him}

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

The first man {is} of the earth, earthy: the second man {is} the Lord from heaven.

Cease ye from man, whose breath {is} in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

Which was {the son} of Enos, which was {the son} of Seth, which was {the son} of Adam, which was {the son} of God.

All in whose nostrils {was} the breath of life, of all that {was} in the dry {land}, died. {the breath...: Heb. the breath of the spirit of life}

How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?

The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

In whose hand {is} the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. {soul: or, life} {all...: Heb. all flesh of man}

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which {am but} dust and ashes:

Your remembrances {are} like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. {residue: or, excellency} {godly...: Heb. seed of God} {treacherously: or, unfaithfully}

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath {is}, and whose {are} all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

When they stood, {these} stood; and when they were lifted up, {these} lifted up themselves {also}: for the spirit of the living creature {was} in them. {of...: or, of life}

Behold, I {am} according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. {wish: Heb. mouth} {formed: Heb. cut}

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. {life: Gr. breath}

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein {is} the breath of life, from under heaven; {and} every thing that {is} in the earth shall die.

{Ye} fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?