Ecclesiastes 8:7

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.

• כִּֽי־for

  ki-H3588 →4482 times

• אֵינֶ֥נּוּnot he

  ʾeinenuH369 →789 times

• יֹדֵ֖עַ[is] knowing

  yodea'H3045 →945 times

• מַה־what?

  mah-H4100 →752 times

• שֶּׁיִּֽהְיֶ֑הthat will it be

  sheiyihyehH1961 →3559 times

• כִּ֚יthat

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as

  kaasherH834 →5497 times

• יִֽהְיֶ֔הit will be

  yihyehH1961 →3559 times

• מִ֖יwho?

  miH4310 →423 times

• יַגִּ֥ידwill he tell

  yagidH5046 →370 times

• לֽוֹ׃to <the> him

  lo

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 6:12

  For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him…

  it leads to

  • Ecclesiastes 3:22

    I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • James 4:14

    You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

  • Job 14:2

    Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

  • Psalms 144:4

    Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

  • Lamentations 3:24–27

    “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

• Through

  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.

  it leads to

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

  • Luke 21:34–36

    But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

• Through

  Ecclesiastes 10:14

  Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 15:2

    The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.