Ecclesiastes 3:10

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• רָאִ֣יתִיI have seen

  raitiH7200 →1300 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• הָֽעִנְיָ֗ןthe task

  hainyanH6045 →8 times

• אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• נָתַ֧ןhe has given

  natanH5414 →2011 times

• אֱלֹהִ֛יםGod

  ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

• לִבְנֵ֥יto [the] children of

  livneiH1121 →4930 times

• הָאָדָ֖ם<the> humankind

  haadamH120 →551 times

• לַעֲנ֥וֹתto be busy

  laanotH6031 →82 times

• בּֽוֹ׃with <the> it

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A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• 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…

  it 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.”

  it 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.

  it leads to

  • Matthew 6:11

    Give us this day our daily bread.