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Ecclesiastes 6:10 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 6 · verse 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.Ecclesiastes 6:10 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 6:10 in context
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9Better 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.
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12For 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- alreadykᵉbârproperly, extent of timeH3528 →
- contenddîyna straight courseH1777 →
- namedqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- namedshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- knownyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
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The preacher here further shows the vanity and folly of heaping up worldly wealth and expecting happiness in it. I. How much soever we toil about the world, and get out of it, we can have for ourselves no more than a maintenance (Ecc 6:7): All the labour of man is for his mouth, which craves it of him (Pro 16:26);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-10