Ecclesiastes 6:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁰ Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Whatever [man] is, he has been named that long ago, and it is known that it is man [Adam]; nor can he contend with Him who is mightier than he [whether God or death].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Whatever happens has already been designated, and human beings are fully known. They can’t contend with the one who is stronger than they are.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Whoever shall be in the future, his name has already been called. And it is known that he is a man and that he is not able to contend in judgment against one who is stronger than himself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ 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.

Ecclesiastes 6:10 Cross References

Genesis 3:9

But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

Job 33:13

Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of my words’?

Job 40:2

“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Job 9:32

For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.

Psalm 103:15

As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;

Psalm 39:6

Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for naught are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 3:15

That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more words, the more vanity, and what is man the better?

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a strong sheepfold, I will suddenly make them run away from her; and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

1 Corinthians 10:22

Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?