Ecclesiastes 6:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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  • Job 9:32 : 32 For [he is] not a man, as I [am, that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.
  • Eccl 3:15 : 15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd [strive] with 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 [his] father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 ¶ I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High. 7 But 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 ¶ The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun. 10 Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 11 [There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [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 an 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 he giveth not account of any of his matters.
  • Gen 3:9 : 9 ¶ And the LORD God called unto Adam, 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 sorrow 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 will 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 hath prospered?
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?
  • Rom 9:19-20 : 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted 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 hast thou made me thus?

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