Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is know what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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In Context
11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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 dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
Psalms 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Ecclesiastes 1:10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath 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 →