Ecclesiastes 6:10

In 11 translations

BSB

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

WEB

Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

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.

LSV

What [is] that which has 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.

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.

DBY

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.

DRC

He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.

GNV

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.

JPS

Whatsoever cometh into being, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is foreknown what man is; neither can he contend with Him that is mightier than he.

LXXE

If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מַה־שֶּֽׁהָיָ֗ה כְּבָר֙ נִקְרָ֣א שְׁמ֔וֹ וְנוֹדָ֖ע אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא אָדָ֑ם וְלֹא־יוּכַ֣ל לָדִ֔ין עִ֥ם שהתקיף מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read aloud as (qere): שֶׁתַּקִּ֖יף

LXX-Br

Εἰ τι ἐγένετο, ἤδη κέκληται ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη ὅ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, καὶ οὐ δυνήσεται κριθῆναι μετὰ τοῦ ἰσχυροτὲρου ὑπὲρ αὐτόν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 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’? Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’…
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• Job 33:13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
• 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…
• Ecclesiastes 3:15What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
• Romans 9:19–20One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
• 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…
• 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. Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him…
• Job 9:3–4If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
• 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. Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us. There is…
• Psalms 82:6–7I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’ But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
• Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
• Genesis 3:9But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

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