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Ecclesiastes 6:10

God's power and sovereigntyCreation

8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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.

11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

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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 know what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.
DARBY
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.
BLB
That which has come to be, already its name has been called; and it is known that he [is] man, and he is not able to contend with one stronger than he.
ÅB
Hva der er blitt til, er for lenge siden nevnt med navn[^2], og det er kjent hva et menneske skal bli; han kan ikke gå i rette med den som er sterkere enn han;
OTB
Hva enn som eksisterer har allerede blitt navngitt, og hva mennesket er har vært kjent; ingen kan stride mot den som er mektigere.
B1930
Hvad der er blitt til, er for lenge siden nevnt med navn, og det er kjent hvad et menneske skal bli; han kan ikke gå i rette med den som er sterkere enn han; / < av Gud.>

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Cross references

  • Job 9:32

    For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

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  • 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?

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  • Job 40:2

    Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

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  • Romans 9:19–20

    Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

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  • Genesis 3:17–19

    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;

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  • 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.

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  • Jeremiah 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 her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

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  • Job 33:13

    Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

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