Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which hath been is already called by its name, and it is known that he is a man: and he is not able to contend with him that is mightier than he.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
11For there are many things that increase vanity: what advantage [cometh thence] for man?
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 be the ground for thy sake; in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Job 9:32For he is not a man, like me, that I could answer him, that we should enter together into a contest.
Job 33:13Why dost thou contend against him? for with all his words will he not give an answer.
Psalms 39:6(39:7) As nothing but a shadowy image doth man walk about, yea, for vanity only do all make a noise: he heapeth up his gains, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 103:15As for man, like the grass are his days: as the blossom of the field, so doth he bloom.
Ecclesiastes 1:10If there be any thing whereof it is said, See, this is new: It hath already been in olden times 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 →