Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever has been, the name of it was given long ago, and it is know what man is. Neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
Job 9:32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
Job 33:13Why do thou strive against him because he does not give of any of his matters?
Psalms 39:6Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Ecclesiastes 1:10Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:8-11
The Insatiableness of Desire. 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 10 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. The preacher here further shows the vanity and folly of… Read the whole commentary →