Ecclesiastes 9:5 BSB

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֧י	ki	for	H3588 →
הַֽחַיִּ֛ים	ha.chai.Yim	the living	H2416 →
יוֹדְעִ֖ים	yod.'Im	[are] knowing	H3045 →
שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ	shei.ya.Mu.tu	that they will die	H4191 →
וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים	ve.ha.me.Tim	and the dead	H4191 →
אֵינָ֧ם	'ei.Nam	not they	H369 →
יוֹדְעִ֣ים	yod.'Im	[are] knowing	H3045 →
מְא֗וּמָה	me.'U.mah	anything	H3972 →
וְאֵֽין־	ve.'ein-	and not	H369 →
ע֤וֹד	od	still	H5750 →
לָהֶם֙	la.Hem	[belongs] to <the> them
שָׂכָ֔ר	sa.Khar	a reward	H7939 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
נִשְׁכַּ֖ח	nish.Kach	it is forgotten	H7911 →
זִכְרָֽם׃	zikh.Ram	memory their	H2143 →

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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 6:5
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
leads to
- Psalms 88:10–12
  Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
- Psalms 115:17
  It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
  Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Psalms 30:9
  “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- Isaiah 38:18–19
  For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Through
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.
leads to
- 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…
- Psalms 9:6
  The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
Through
Isaiah 26:14
The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
leads to
- Revelation 18:2–3
  And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable…

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.

Isaiah 26:14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.Psalms 6:5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?Psalms 88:10–12Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah Job 14:21If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,Psalms 109:15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.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 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah Ecclesiastes 8:10Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.Job 7:8–10The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.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 7:2It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.Psalms 88:12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.Deuteronomy 31:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.Luke 20:32And last of all, the woman died.

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