Ecclesiastes 3:19 BSB

Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּי֩	ki	for	H3588 →
מִקְרֶ֨ה	mik.Reh	[the] fate of	H4745 →
בְֽנֵי־	ve.nei-	[the] children of	H1121 →
הָאָדָ֜ם	ha.'a.Dam	<the> humankind	H120 →
וּמִקְרֶ֣ה	u.mik.Reh	and [the] fate of	H4745 →
הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה	ha.be.he.Mah	<the> animal[s]	H929 →
וּמִקְרֶ֤ה	u.mik.Reh	and fate	H4745 →
אֶחָד֙	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
לָהֶ֔ם	la.Hem	[belongs] to <the> them
כְּמ֥וֹת	ke.Mot	like [the] death of	H4194 →
זֶה֙	zeh	this	H2088 →
כֵּ֣ן	ken	so	H3651 →
מ֣וֹת	Mot	[the] death of	H4194 →
זֶ֔ה	Zeh	this	H2088 →
וְר֥וּחַ	ve.Ru.ach	and breath	H7307 →
אֶחָ֖ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
לַכֹּ֑ל	la.Kol	[belongs] to <the> all	H3605 →
וּמוֹתַ֨ר	u.mo.Tar	and [the] advantage of	H4195 →
הָאָדָ֤ם	ha.'a.Dam	<the> humankind	H120 →
מִן־	min-	[is] more than	H4480 →
הַבְּהֵמָה֙	ha.be.he.Mah	the animal[s]	H929 →
אָ֔יִן	'A.yin	not	H369 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
הַכֹּ֖ל	ha.Kol	<the> everything	H3605 →
הָֽבֶל׃	Ha.vel	[is] futility	H1892 →

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 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.”
- Psalms 82:7
  But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
- Psalms 49:20
  A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 39:5
  You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
  For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Through
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
leads to
- Psalms 49:10
  For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Proverbs 17:24
  Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
  I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor…

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 49:12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.Psalms 49:20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.Job 14:10–12But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?Ecclesiastes 5:10He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.Ecclesiastes 2:20–23So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.Psalms 39:5–6You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Psalms 89:47–48Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”Psalms 92:6–7A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.2 Samuel 14:14For 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 may not be cast out from Him.Ecclesiastes 6:11For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?Numbers 16:29If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

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