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Ecclesiastes 6:10

מַה ־ שֶּֽׁהָיָה כְּבָר נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ וְנוֹדָע אֲשֶׁר ־ הוּא אָדָם וְלֹא ־ יוּכַל לָדִין עִם שהתקיף מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9טוֹב מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם מֵֽהֲלָךְ ־ נָפֶשׁ גַּם ־ זֶה הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ ׃

11כִּי יֵשׁ ־ דְּבָרִים הַרְבֵּה מַרְבִּים הָבֶל מַה ־ יֹּתֵר לָאָדָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי ־ שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן ־ הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ ׃

Job 9:32כִּי ־ לֹא ־ אִישׁ כָּמֹנִי אֶֽעֱנֶנּוּ נָבוֹא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט ׃

Job 33:13מַדּוּעַ אֵלָיו רִיבוֹתָ כִּי כָל ־ דְּבָרָיו לֹא ־ יַעֲנֶֽה ׃

Psalms 39:6הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת ׀ נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּֽל ־ הֶבֶל כָּל ־ אָדָם נִצָּב סֶֽלָה ׃

Psalms 103:15אֱנוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִיר יָמָיו כְּצִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה כֵּן יָצִֽיץ ׃

Ecclesiastes 1:10יֵשׁ דָּבָר שֶׁיֹּאמַר רְאֵה ־ זֶה חָדָשׁ הוּא כְּבָר הָיָה לְעֹֽלָמִים אֲשֶׁר הָיָה מִלְּפָנֵֽנוּ ׃

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 →

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