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Ecclesiastes 6:10

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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.
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  1. Job 9:32Rank 1 from verse 10
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    32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

  2. Isaiah 45:9–10Rank 2 from verse 10
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    9Woe 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?

    10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

  3. Job 40:2Rank 3 from verse 10
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    2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

  4. Ecclesiastes 3:15Rank 4 from verse 10
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    15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

  5. Genesis 3:17–19Rank 5 from verse 10
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    17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

    18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

    19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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Ecclesiastes 6:10

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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named

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of name, meaning to call, designate, or mention by name.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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contend

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1. To strive against or oppose, whether in battle, dispute, or judgment. 2. To strive earnestly for or in support of a person or cause.

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9¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

10That 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.

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11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

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