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Ecclesiastes 6:10

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

KJV

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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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַה־mah-whateverH4100 →
שֶּֽׁהָיָ֗הshe.ha.Yah[that] which <it> has beenH1961 →
כְּבָר֙ke.VaralreadyH3528 →
נִקְרָ֣אnik.Ra'it has been namedH7121 →
שְׁמ֔וֹshe.Moname itsH8034 →
וְנוֹדָ֖עve.no.Da'and [is] knownH3045 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834 →
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931 →
אָדָ֑ם'a.Damhumankind [is]H120 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יוּכַ֣לyu.Khalhe is ableH3201 →
לָדִ֔יןla.Dinto contendH1777 →
עִ֥ם'imwithH5973 →
שֶׁתַּקִּ֖יףshe.hat.kif[one] who [is] mightyH8623 →
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.numore than himH4480 →

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Ecclesiastes 1:9What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.Isaiah 45:9–10Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!Genesis 3:17–19And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.Job 33:13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?Romans 9:19–20One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”Ecclesiastes 3:15What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.Jeremiah 49:19Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?Psalms 82:6–7I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.Job 14:1–4“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.Job 9:3–4If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.Ecclesiastes 1:9–11What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;2 Samuel 2:22Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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