Ecclesiastes 6:10

Coverdale Bible (1535)

What is more excellent then man? yet can he not in the lawe get the victory of him that is mightier the he:

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  • Job 9:32 : 32 For he yt I must geue answere vnto, and with whom I go to lawe, is not a man as I am.
  • Eccl 3:15 : 15 The thinge yt hath bene, is now: & the thinge yt is for to come, hath bene afore tyme, for God restoreth agayne the thinge that was past.
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Wo be vnto him that chydeth wt his maker, the potsherde with the potter. Saieth ye claye to the potter: What makest thou? or, yi worke serueth for nothige? 10 Wo be vnto him, yt saieth to his father: why begettest thou? And to his mother: why bearest thou?
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Can he that stryueth with the Allmightie, be at rest? Shulde not he which disputeth with God, geue him an answere?
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I haue sayde: ye are goddes, ye all are the childre of ye most hyest. 7 But ye shal dye like men, & fall like one of the tyrauntes.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse, & florisheth as a floure of the felde.
  • Eccl 1:9-9 : 9 The thinge yt hath bene, cometh to passe agayne: & ye thinge yt hath bene done, is done agayne, there is no new thinge vnder the Sonne. 10 Is there eny thinge, wherof it maye be sayde: lo, this is new? For it was loge agoo in the tymes yt haue bene before vs. 11 The thinge yt is past, is out of remebraunce: Eue so the thiges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpo amoge the that come after.
  • Job 14:1-4 : 1 Man that is borne of a woman, hath but a shorte tyme to lyue, and is full of dyuerse miseries. 2 He cometh vp, and falleth awaye like a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer continueth in one state. 3 Thinkest thou it now well done, to open thine eyes vpon soch one, and to brynge me before the in iudgment? 4 Who can make it cleane, that commeth of an vncleane thinge? No body.
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why doest thou then stryue agaynst him, because he geueth the no accomptes of all his doinges?
  • Gen 3:9 : 9 And ye LORDE God called Adam, and sayde vnto him: Where art thou?
  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And vnto Adam he sayde: For so moch as thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tre, wherof I commaunded the, sayenge: thou shalt not eate of it. Cursed be ye earth for thy sake. With sorowe shalt thou eate therof, all the dayes of thy life. 18 Thornes and thistles shalt it beare vnto the, and thou shalt eate the herbes of the felde. 19 In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred, tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth, whece thou art take: for earth thou art, and vnto earth shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Job 9:3-4 : 3 Yf he wil argue with him, he shall not be able to answere him vnto one amonge a thousande. 4 He is wyse of hert, and mightie in strength. Who euer prospered, that toke parte agaynst him?
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Beholde, like as the Lyon cometh vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto ye grene pastures of Etha, so wil I dryue him, & make him runne agaynst her. But who is the yonge man that I will ordene therto? Who is like, vnto me? What is he that will stryue with me? What shepherde maye stonde in my hondes?
  • Rom 9:19-20 : 19 Thou wilt saye then vnto me: Why blameth he vs yet? For who can resiste his will? 20 O thou man, who art thou, that disputest with God? Sayeth the worke to his workman: Why hast thou made me on this fashion?

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    11 A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

    12 For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?

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    14 I cosidered also yt what so euer God doth, it cotinueth for euer, & yt nothinge can be put vnto it ner take from it: & yt God doth it to ye intent, yt men shulde feare him.

    15 The thinge yt hath bene, is now: & the thinge yt is for to come, hath bene afore tyme, for God restoreth agayne the thinge that was past.

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    8 All thinges are so harde, yt no ma can expresse them. The eye is not satisfied wt sight, the eare is not fylled wt hearinge.

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    10 Is there eny thinge, wherof it maye be sayde: lo, this is new? For it was loge agoo in the tymes yt haue bene before vs.

    11 The thinge yt is past, is out of remebraunce: Eue so the thiges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpo amoge the that come after.

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    14 Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the Sone, & lo, they are all but vanite & vexacion of mynde.

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    4 For he cometh to naught, & goeth his waye in to darcknes, and his name is forgotten.

    5 Morouer, he seyth not the Sonne, and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there:

    6 Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?

    7 All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

    8 For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?

    9 The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.

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    17 I vnderstode of all ye workes of God, that it is not possible for a man, to attayne vnto ye workes that are done vnder ye Sonne: and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out, yet can he not reach vnto the: yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them, yet might he not fynde them.

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    6 For euery thinge wil haue opportunite and iudgment, and this is the thinge that maketh men full of carefulnes & sorowe.

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    9 All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the Sonne: how one man hath lordshipe vpon another to his owne harme.

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    19 for it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, & as the one dyeth, so dyeth ye other: yee they haue both one maner of breth, so yt (in this) a man hath no preemynence aboue a beest, but all are subdued vnto vanite.

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