Ecclesiastes 6:10 KJV — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

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.

WEB

Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

YLT

What is that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it is man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.

DBT

That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.

About this book

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Ecclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''

Author: Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).

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Ecclesiastes 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.
Ecclesiastes 3:15
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Job 9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Isaiah 45:9–10
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?
Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

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He concludes this discourse of the vanity of the creature with this plain inference from the whole, That it is folly to think of making up a happiness for ourselves in the things of this world,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The soul is not filled, so the word is. When God gave Israel their request he sent leanness into their souls, Ps. cvi. He was a fool who, when his barns were full, said, Soul, take thine ease.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

That which hath been--man's various circumstances is named already--not only has existed, Ec 1:9; 3:15, but has received its just name, "vanity," long ago, and it is known that it--vanity is man--Hebrew, "Adam," equivalent to man "of red dust," as his Creator appropriately named him from his frailty. neither may he contend, &c.-- (Ro 9:20).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Is named - This is added as a further instance of the vanity of all things in this life. That which hath been (man, who is the chief of all visible beings) is named already, by God, who, presently after his creation, gave him the following name, to signify what his nature and condition was.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ECC 6:10JOB 40:2 1CO 2:16
ECC 6:10JOB 40:2 ISA 40:14
ECC 6:10JOB 33:13 ISA 45:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 6:10JOB 9:32 ROM 9:20
ECC 6:10JOB 40:2 ROM 11:34-36
ECC 6:10JOB 33:13 JOB 40:2
ECC 6:10JOB 40:2 JOB 33:13
ECC 6:10JOB 40:2 ISA 45:9-11

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