Ecclesiastes 6:10
If anything has been, its name has already been called: 1 And it is known what man is; 1 Neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
11For there are many things which increase vanity. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat—of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labors, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Job 9:32For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, 1 That we might come together to judgment. 1
Job 33:13But thou sayest, Why has he not heard every word of my cause? 1
Psalms 39:6O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, 1 And in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: 1 I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. 1
Psalms 103:15And wine makes glad the heart of man, 1 To make his face cheerful with oil: 1 And bread strengthens man’s heart. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:10Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? 1 It has already been in the ages 1 That have passed before us. 1
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 →