Ecclesiastes 5:14 BSB

Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאָבַ֛ד	ve.'a.Vad	and it was lost	H6 →
הָעֹ֥שֶׁר	ha.'O.sher	the wealth	H6239 →
הַה֖וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
בְּעִנְיַ֣ן	be.'in.Yan	in a business of	H6045 →
רָ֑ע	Ra'	evil	H7451 →
וְהוֹלִ֣יד	ve.ho.Lid	and he fathered	H3205 →
בֵּ֔ן	Ben	a son	H1121 →
וְאֵ֥ין	ve.'Ein	and not	H369 →
בְּיָד֖וֹ	be.ya.Do	[was] in hand his	H3027 →
מְאֽוּמָה׃	me.'U.mah	anything	H3972 →

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
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
Proverbs 23:5
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:24
  for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
- 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
Through
Job 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
leads to
- Lamentations 2:16
  All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see…

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 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.1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.Job 20:15–29He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.Haggai 2:16–17from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.Matthew 6:19–20Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.1 Kings 14:26He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.1 Samuel 2:6–8The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,Psalms 109:9–12May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.1 Samuel 2:36And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”Proverbs 13:11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

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