Ecclesiastes 6:10

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what human beings are, and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.

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? Anyone who argues with God must respond.”

Job 9:32

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

Psalm 103:15

As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field;

Psalm 39:6

Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up, and do not know 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 is; and God seeks out what has gone by.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more words, the more vanity, so how is one the better?

Jeremiah 49:19

Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom away from it; and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?