Ecclesiastes 9:15 BSB

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17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמָ֣צָא	u.Ma.tza'	and someone found	H4672 →
בָ֗הּ	Vah	in <the> it
אִ֤ישׁ	'ish	a man	H376 →
מִסְכֵּן֙	mis.Ken	poor	H4542 →
חָכָ֔ם	cha.Kham	wise	H2450 →
וּמִלַּט־	u.mi.lat-	and he delivered	H4422 →
ה֥וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָעִ֖יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ	be.cha.khe.ma.To	by wisdom his	H2451 →
וְאָדָם֙	ve.'a.Dam	and anyone	H120 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
זָכַ֔ר	za.Khar	he remembered	H2142 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאִ֥ישׁ	ha.'Ish	the man	H376 →
הַמִּסְכֵּ֖ן	ha.mis.Ken	<the> poor	H4542 →
הַהּֽוּא׃	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →

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 2:16
For 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…
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 1:11
  There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5
  For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
Through
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:16
  While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has…
- Proverbs 19:1
  Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- Proverbs 28:15–16
  Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9–10
  For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
Through
Genesis 40:23
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
leads to
- Job 19:14
  My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
- Psalms 31:12
  I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

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.

Esther 6:3The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.Genesis 40:23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.Esther 6:2–3And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.2 Samuel 20:22Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.Proverbs 11:11By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.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!1 Chronicles 19:2And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,Exodus 1:8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.Proverbs 28:2A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

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