Ecclesiastes 3:18 BSB

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי	'a.Mar.ti	I said	H559 →
אֲנִי֙	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
בְּלִבִּ֔י	be.li.Bi	in heart my	H3820 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
דִּבְרַת֙	div.Rat	cause of	H1700 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] children of	H1121 →
הָאָדָ֔ם	ha.'a.Dam	<the> humankind	H120 →
לְבָרָ֖ם	le.va.Ram	to test them	H1305 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
וְלִרְא֕וֹת	ve.lir.'ot	and to see	H7200 →
שְׁהֶם־	she.hem-	that they	H1992 →
בְּהֵמָ֥ה	be.he.Mah	[are] animal[s]	H929 →
הֵ֖מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
לָהֶֽם׃	la.Hem	for <the> themselves

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
Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
  before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Acts 17:31
  For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- 2 Samuel 14:14
  For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one…
Through
Psalms 73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
leads to
- Psalms 92:6
  A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Peter 2:12
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
leads to
- Jude 1:10
  These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
Through
Psalms 49:12
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 3:18–21
  I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”

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.

Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.Psalms 49:12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,Genesis 3:17–19And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.2 Peter 2:12These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.Romans 9:23What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?Job 14:1–4“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”Psalms 49:19–20he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.Psalms 90:5–12You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.Psalms 73:18–19Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!Job 18:3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

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Related verses

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