Ecclesiastes 6:10
What [is] that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man?
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to the man He said, 'Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,
Job 9:32But if a man like myself — I answer him, We come together into judgment.
Job 33:13Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?
Psalms 39:6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
Psalms 103:15Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
Ecclesiastes 1:10There is a thing of which [one] saith: 'See this, it [is] new!' already it hath been in the ages that 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 →