Ecclesiastes 6:10

American Standard Version (1901)

Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:32 : 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
  • Eccl 3:15 : 15 That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 10 Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High. 7 Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
  • Eccl 1:9-9 : 9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us. 11 There is no remembrance of the former [generations] ; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter [generations] that are to come, among those that shall come after.
  • Job 14:1-4 : 1 Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
  • Gen 3:9 : 9 And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And 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 is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Job 9:3-4 : 3 If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 [ He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?--
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?
  • Rom 9:19-20 : 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will? 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

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    11 Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

    12 For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:14-15
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    14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

    15 That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

  • Eccl 1:8-11
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    8 All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it] : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

    9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

    11 There is no remembrance of the former [generations] ; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter [generations] that are to come, among those that shall come after.

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    14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

    15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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    16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 6:4-9
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    4 for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

    5 moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

    6 yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?

    7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

    8 For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

    9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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    3 yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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    17 then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

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    4 Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

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    6 for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

    7 for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

    8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

    9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

  • Eccl 3:21-22
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    21 Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

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    1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

    2 a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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    10 I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

    11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

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    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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  • Job 9:3-4
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    3 If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

    4 [ He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?--

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    19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Job 33:13
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    13 Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

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  • Eccl 11:8
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    8 Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

  • Job 11:10
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    10 If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?

  • Eccl 2:24-25
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    24 There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

    25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

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    3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Job 32:13
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    13 Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

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    1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

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    13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

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