Ecclesiastes 6:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.

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  • Job 9:32 : 32 For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
  • Eccl 3:15 : 15 What is that that hath bene? That is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe be vnto him that striueth with his maker, the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth: shall the clay say to him that facioneth it, What makest thou? or thy worke, It hath none hands? 10 Woe vnto him that sayeth to his father, What hast thou begotten? or to his mother, What hast thou brought foorth?
  • Job 40:2 : 2 (39:35) Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die as a man, and yee princes, shall fall like others.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.
  • Eccl 1:9-9 : 9 What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne. 10 Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs. 11 There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.
  • Job 14:1-4 : 1 Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble. 2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not. 3 And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee. 4 Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.
  • Gen 3:9 : 9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?
  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life. 18 Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde. 19 In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.
  • Job 9:3-4 : 3 If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, & mighty in stregth: who hath bene fierce against him & hath prospered?
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Beholde, hee shall come vp like a lyon from the swelling of Iorden vnto the strong dwelling place: for I will make Israel to rest, euen I will make him to haste away from her, and who is a chosen man that I may appoynt against her? for who is like mee? and who will appoint me the time? and who is the shepheard that will stande before me?
  • Rom 9:19-20 : 19 Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will? 20 But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

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    14I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.

    15What is that that hath bene? That is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.

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    8All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

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    10Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.

    11There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.

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    4For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

    5Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

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    8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

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    9All this haue I seene, and haue giuen mine heart to euery worke, which is wrought vnder the sunne, and I sawe a time that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt.

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