Ezra 4:5

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.

• וְסֹכְרִ֧יםand [were] hiring

  vesokherimH7936 →

• עֲלֵיהֶ֛םon them

  ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

• יוֹעֲצִ֖יםcounselors

  yoatzimH3289 →79 times

• לְהָפֵ֣רto frustrate

  lehaferH6565 →

• עֲצָתָ֑םpurpose their

  ʾatzatamH6098 →89 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• יְמֵ֗י[the] days of

  yemeiH3117 →2304 times

• כּ֚וֹרֶשׁCyrus

  koreshH3566 →15 times

• מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

  melekhH4428 →2525 times

• פָּרַ֔סPersia

  parasH6539 →28 times

• וְעַד־and until

  vead-H5704 →1261 times

• מַלְכ֖וּת[the] reign of

  malkhutH4438 →91 times

• דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁDarius

  dareyaveshH1867 →

• מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

  melekh-H4428 →2525 times

• פָּרָֽס׃Persia

  parasH6539 →28 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

  Nahum 1:11

  From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

  it leads to

  • Nahum 1:9

    Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:7

    Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:15–19

    So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver…

  • 1 Samuel 2:12

    Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

  • 2 Kings 19:22–25

    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

• Through

  Ezra 5:5

  But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.

  it leads to

  • Psalms 33:18

    Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

  • Ezra 7:28

    and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the…

  • Ezra 7:6

    this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for…