Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatsoever cometh into being, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is foreknown what man is; neither can he contend with Him that is mightier than he.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11Seeing there are many words 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 hast thou striven against Him? seeing that He will not answer any of his words.
Psalms 39:6(39-7) Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; 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 is said: 'See, this is new'? — it hath been already, 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 →