Ecclesiastes 11:5 BSB

Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
אֵֽינְךָ֤	'ei.ne.Kha	not you	H369 →
יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙	yo.De.a'	[are] knowing	H3045 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	[is] [the] way of	H1870 →
הָר֔וּחַ	ha.Ru.ach	the wind	H7307 →
כַּעֲצָמִ֖ים	ka.'a.tza.Mim	like bones	H6106 →
בְּבֶ֣טֶן	be.Ve.ten	in [the] womb of	H990 →
הַמְּלֵאָ֑ה	ha.me.le.'Ah	the full [woman]	H4392 →
כָּ֗כָה	Ka.khah	thus	H3602 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תֵדַע֙	te.Da'	you know	H3045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה	ma.'a.Seh	[the] work of	H4639 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה	ya.'a.Seh	he makes	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכֹּֽל׃	ha.Kol	<the> everything	H3605 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 92:5
How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
leads to
- Romans 11:33–34
  O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 55:8–9
  “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 40:5
  Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…
Through
Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching…
leads to
- Psalms 147:5
  Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
- 1 Timothy 1:17
  Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Through
John 3:8
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 11:4–5
  He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
Through
Romans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
leads to
- Job 11:7–9
  Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 5:9
  the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

John 3:8The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”Psalms 139:15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.Psalms 92:5How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!Ecclesiastes 8:17I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!Isaiah 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.Psalms 139:13–16For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.Ecclesiastes 7:24What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?Job 36:24–33Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.Job 26:5–14The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.Mark 4:27Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.Job 5:9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.Job 37:23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.John 9:10“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.1 Corinthians 15:35But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

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