Ecclesiastes 6:10
“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.”
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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.
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
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?
Cross-References
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
“That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”
“For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.”
“Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.”
“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?”