Ecclesiastes 3:21

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.

• מִ֣יwho?

  miH4310 →423 times

• יוֹדֵ֗עַ[is] knowing

  yodea'H3045 →945 times

• ר֚וּחַ[the] spirit of

  ruachH7307 →378 times

• בְּנֵ֣י[the] children of

  beneiH1121 →4930 times

• הָאָדָ֔ם<the> humankind

  haadamH120 →551 times

• הָעֹלָ֥הthat is going up

  haolahH5927 →

• הִ֖יאit

  hi'H1931 →1879 times

• לְמָ֑עְלָה<to> upwards <towards>

  lemaelahH4605 →

• וְר֙וּחַ֙and [the] spirit of

  veruachH7307 →378 times

• הַבְּהֵמָ֔הthe animal[s]

  habehemahH929 →190 times

• הַיֹּרֶ֥דֶתthat is going down

  haiyoredetH3381 →

• הִ֖יאit

  hi'H1931 →1879 times

• לְמַ֥טָּה<to> downwards

  lematahH4295 →

• לָאָֽרֶץ׃to the earth

  laaretzH776 →2504 times

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

  John 14:3

  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

  it leads to

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17

    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…

  • John 12:26

    If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

  • 2 Timothy 2:12

    if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

  • Acts 1:11

    “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have…

• Through

  2 Corinthians 5:1

  Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

  it leads to

  • Job 19:25–26

    But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

  • 1 John 3:2

    Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…

• Through

  Philippians 1:23

  I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

  it leads to

  • 2 Corinthians 5:8

    We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

• Through

  Ecclesiastes 12:7

  before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  it leads to

  • Daniel 12:2

    And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.