Ecclesiastes 6:10

New American Bible - revised edition

Whatever is, was long ago given its name, and human nature is known; mortals cannot contend in judgment with One who is stronger.

Cross References

Genesis 3:9

The Lord God then called to the man and asked him: Where are you?

Job 33:13

Why, then, do you make complaint against him that he gives no reply to their words?

Job 40:2

Will one who argues with the Almighty be corrected? Let him who would instruct God give answer!

Job 9:32

For he is not a man like myself, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

Psalm 103:15

As for man, his days are like the grass; he blossoms like a flower in the field.

Psalm 39:6

To be sure, you establish the expanse of my days; indeed, my life is as nothing before you. Every man is but a breath. Selah

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel prevail against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 3:15

What now is has already been; what is to be, already is: God retrieves what has gone by. The Problem of Retribution.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

For the more words, the more vanity; what profit is there for anyone?

Jeremiah 49:19

As when a lion comes up from a thicket of the Jordan to a permanent pasture, So in an instant, I will chase them off; I will establish there whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who holds me accountable? What shepherd can stand against me?

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we provoking the Lord to jealous anger? Are we stronger than he? Seek the Good of Others.