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Where is “Dust you are and to dust you will return” in the Bible?
“Dust you are and to dust you will return” is Genesis 3:19. God says it to Adam after he and Eve eat from the forbidden tree.
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In the Bible
It is Genesis 3:19.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
God says it to Adam after he and Eve eat from the forbidden tree.
The verse
With sweat on your face you will eat bread until you go back to the ground, since you were taken from it. For dust is what you are, and to dust you will go back.”
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What it means there
Adam was formed from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7), and death sends him back to it. The funeral words “ashes to ashes, dust to dust” come from the Book of Common Prayer, which builds on this verse.
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Where is “Dust you are and to dust you will return” in the Bible?
“Dust you are and to dust you will return” is Genesis 3:19. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. God says it to Adam after he and Eve eat from the forbidden tree.
Is “Dust you are and to dust you will return” in the Bible?
Yes. It is Genesis 3:19. In the Lumin Translation, Genesis 3:19 reads: “With sweat on your face you will eat bread until you go back to the ground, since you were taken from it. For dust is what you are, and to dust you will go back.””
Who said “Dust you are and to dust you will return”?
God says it to Adam after he and Eve eat from the forbidden tree.
What does “Dust you are and to dust you will return” mean in the Bible?
Adam was formed from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7), and death sends him back to it. The funeral words “ashes to ashes, dust to dust” come from the Book of Common Prayer, which builds on this verse.
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