Ecclesiastes 6:10

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Summary

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.

Which

Ecclesiastes 1:9

Ecclesiastes 3:15

And it

Psalm 103:15

Neither

Bible References

Which

What has been--it is what will be; what has been done--it is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.

What is--it already was, and what will be--it already is, for {God will do what he has done.}

And it

And Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, "Where [are] you?"

"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles.

Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].

I have said, "You [are] gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you.

As for man, his days [are] like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms.

Neither

If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand.

Why do you contend against him, that he will not answer all a person's words?

"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."

Woe [to the] one who strives with his {maker}, a potsherd among potsherds of earth! Does [the] clay say to the one who fashions it, 'What are you making?' and 'Your work has no hands'?

Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets of the Jordan to {a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream}. So {I will chase him away hurriedly} from it. And whoever [is] chosen I will appoint over it. For who [is] like me, and who can summon me? And who [is] this, [the] shepherd who can stand {before me}?"

Therefore you will say to me, "Why then does he still find fault? For who has resisted his will?