Ecclesiastes 3:10 BSB

Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רָאִ֣יתִי	ra.'I.ti	I have seen	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָֽעִנְיָ֗ן	ha.'in.Yan	the task	H6045 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
נָתַ֧ן	na.Tan	he has given	H5414 →
אֱלֹהִ֛ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
לִבְנֵ֥י	liv.Nei	to [the] children of	H1121 →
הָאָדָ֖ם	ha.'a.Dam	<the> humankind	H120 →
לַעֲנ֥וֹת	la.'a.Not	to be busy	H6031 →
בּֽוֹ׃	bo	with <the> it

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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Where the connections lead

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
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…
leads to
- Proverbs 13:22
  A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Job 27:16–17
  Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Proverbs 28:8
  He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Isaiah 3:10–11
  Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- John 16:24
  Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Through
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
  before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Job 34:15
  all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
Through
2 Thessalonians 3:8
nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
leads to
- Matthew 6:11
  Give us this day our daily bread.

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!Ecclesiastes 1:13–14And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 8:9All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

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