10Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.


In Context

7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

10 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 6:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:10That 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:10Whatever exists has already been named, and what man is has been known; no man can contend with one who is stronger than he.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:10He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is know what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:10That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is known that it is man: neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:10That 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:10What is that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it is man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:10That which has been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.