Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which is was long ago called by name; and it was known that he is a man, and that he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Seeing there are many things which increase vanity, what advantage hath man [[from them]]?
Cross References
Job 9:32For He is not a man, as I am, that I may contend with him, And that we may go together into judgment;
Job 33:13Why dost thou contend with Him? For he giveth no account of any of his doings.
Psalms 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely he disquieteth himself 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 any thing of which one may say, “Behold, this is new”? It was long ago, in the 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 →