Ecclesiastes 6:10
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.
KJV
Qui futurus est, jam vocatum est nomen ejus ; et scitur quod homo sit, et non possit contra fortiorem se in judicio contendere.
Vulgate
Εἴ τι ἐγένετο, ἤδη κέκληται ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη ὅ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, καὶ οὐ δυνήσεται κριθῆναι μετὰ τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ ὑπὲρ αὐτόν·
LXX
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.
ASV
מַה שֶּֽׁ/הָיָ֗ה כְּבָר֙ נִקְרָ֣א שְׁמ֔/וֹ וְ/נוֹדָ֖ע אֲשֶׁר ה֣וּא אָדָ֑ם וְ/לֹא יוּכַ֣ל לָ/דִ֔ין עִ֥ם ש/התקיף שֶׁ/תַּקִּ֖יף מִמֶּֽ/נּוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:22 — Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- Eccl 1:9 — 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.
- Eccl 1:9 — 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.
- Eccl 3:15 — That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
- Eccl 3:15 — That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
- Gen 3:17 — 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 sak
- Isa 45:9 — 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?
- Jer 49:19 — 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
- Job 9:3 — If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
- Job 9:32 — For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
- Job 9:32 — For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
- Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
- Job 16:21 — O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
- Job 33:13 — Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
- Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- Ps 39:6 — 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 — I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
- Rom 9:19 — Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?