Ecclesiastes 12:8 CPDV

⁶  Before the silver cord is broken, and the golden band pulls away, and the pitcher is crushed over the fountain, and the wheel is broken above the cistern,

⁷  and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.

⁸  Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all is vanity!

⁹  And since Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and he described what he had accomplished. And while searching, he composed many parables.

¹⁰  He sought useful words, and he wrote most righteous words, which were full of truth.