"That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it {is} man: neither may he contend with him that is mightie…" — Ecclesiastes 6:10

Ecclesiastes 6:10 · KJV

“That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it {is} man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.”

— Ecclesiastes 6:10

Verse 9

Better {is} the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this {is} also vanity and vexation of spirit. {than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}

Verse 11

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what {is} man the better?

Ecclesiastes 6 — Context

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Better {is} the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this {is} also vanity and vexation of spirit. {than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it {is} man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what {is} man the better?

For who knoweth what {is} good for man in {this} life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? {all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}

Cross References

Job 9:32

For {he is} not a man, as I {am, that} I should answer him, {and} we should come together in judgment.

Isaiah 45:9-10

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! {Let} the potsherd {strive} with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Job 40:2

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct {him}? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Romans 9:19-20

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Ecclesiastes 3:15

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. {that which is past: Heb. that which is driven away}

Job 33:13

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. {he giveth...: Heb. he answereth not}

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who {is} a chosen {man, that} I may appoint over her? for who {is} like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who {is} that shepherd that will stand before me? {appoint me...: or, convent me in judgment?}

Genesis 3:17-19

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed {is} the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat {of} it all the days of thy life;