ECC 6:10 Parallel Verse View

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6:10 Variant note: ש/התקיף: (x-qere) ’שֶׁ/תַּקִּ֖יף’: lemma_s/8623 n_0.0 morph_HTd/Aamsa id_21fTQ שֶׁ/תַּקִּ֖יף

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Εἰ τι ἐγένετο, ἤδη κέκληται ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη ὅ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, καὶ οὐ δυνήσεται κριθῆναι μετὰ τοῦ ἰσχυροτὲρου ὑπὲρ αὐτόν.
(Ei ti egeneto, aʸdaʸ keklaʸtai onoma autou, kai egnōsthaʸ ho estin anthrōpos, kai ou dunaʸsetai krithaʸnai meta tou isⱪuroterou huper auton. )

BrTr If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.

ULT Whoever that was, already his name has been called, and it is known that he is a human being. But he is not able to strive with who is more powerful than he.

UST All the things that exist on the earth have been given names.
⇔ Everyone knows what people are like,
⇔ so it is useless to argue with God,
⇔ who is stronger than we are.

BSB § Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

OEB The character of what is has already been deter- mined, and the destiny of man is already fore- ordained: he cannot contend with one mightier

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Whatever has happened was foreordained,
⇔ and what happens to a person was also foreknown.
⇔ It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate
⇔ because God is more powerful than he is.

LSV What [is] that which has 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.

FBV Everything that exists has already been described[fn]. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.[fn]

6:10 “Described”: literally, “named.” However, in Hebrew thought “name” is far more than a simple appellation, it is descriptive of the object or person.

6:10 “A superior”: literally, “stronger”: this could refer to either physical or mental strength. However, some kind of argument is probably in view, but the point is that a superior does not have to “play by the rules” of argument. Some take the “stronger” one to mean God, in which case the gist of the phrase means “you can't argue with God.” In addition, some have seen in this verse an argument for predestination, but the text does not necessarily support this.

T4T ⇔ All the things that exist on the earth have been given names.
⇔ And everyone knows what people are like,
⇔ so it is useless to argue with someone (OR, with God)
⇔ who is stronger than we are.

LEB • [fn] • As for man, he cannot argue • against what is more powerful than him.

6:6 Literally “and his name is known what he is man”

BBE That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS Whatsoever cometh into being, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is foreknown what man is; neither can he contend with Him that is mightier than he.

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

DRA He 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.

YLT What [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.

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

RV Whatsoever 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.
(That which hath/has been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. )

KJB-1611 That which hath bene, is named already, and it is knowen that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier then he.
(That which hath/has bene, is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier then he.)

Bshps The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he.
(The thing that hath/has ben, is named already, and known that it is even man himself: neither may he go to law with him that is mightier then he.)

Gnva What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.
(What is that that hath/has bene? the name thereof is now named: and it is known that it is man: and he cannot strive with him that is stronger then he. )

Cvdl What is more excellent then man? yet can he not in the lawe get the victory of him that is mightier the he:
(What is more excellent then man? yet can he not in the law get the victory of him that is mightier the he:)

Wycl The name of hym that schal come, is clepid now, and it is knowun, that he is a man, and he mai not stryue in doom ayens a strongere than hym silf.
(The name of him that shall come, is called now, and it is known, that he is a man, and he mai not strive in doom against a strongere than himself.)

Luth Was ist‘s, wenn einer gleich hoch berühmt ist, so weiß man doch, daß er ein Mensch ist, und kann nicht hadern mit dem, das ihm zu mächtig ist.
(What ist‘s, when einer gleich hoch berühmt is, so know man doch, that he a person is, and kann not hadern with to_him, the him to mächtig is.)

ClVg Qui futurus est, jam vocatum est nomen ejus; et scitur quod homo sit, et non possit contra fortiorem se in judicio contendere.[fn]
(Who futurus it_is, yam vocatum it_is nomen his; and scitur that human let_it_be, and not/no possit on_the_contrary fortiorem se in yudicio contendere. )

6.10 Qui futurus est. ID. Omnium hominum, qui futuri sunt corpore circumdandi, jam Deus vocabulum novit; ne possit homo respondere contra artificem, quare ita, vel ita sit factus. Quanto enim amplius quæsierimus, tanto magis ostenditur vanitas nostra et verba superflua; et non ex præscientia Dei tollitur liberum arbitrium, sed causæ ante præcedunt quare unumquodque sit factum.

6.10 Who futurus it_is. ID. Omnium of_men, who futuri are corpore circumdandi, yam God vocabulum novit; not possit human respondere on_the_contrary artificem, quare ita, or ita let_it_be factus. Quanto because amplius quæsierimus, tanto magis ostenditur vanitas nostra and words superflua; and not/no from præscientia of_God tollitur liberum arbitrium, but causæ before præcedunt quare unumquodque let_it_be factum.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Whatever has existed has already been given its name

(Some words not found in UHB: what? that,exists already given his/its=name and,known which/who he/it humankind and=not he/it_would_be_able to,dispute with who,stronger than,he )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “People have already named everything that exists”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) what mankind is like has already been known

(Some words not found in UHB: what? that,exists already given his/its=name and,known which/who he/it humankind and=not he/it_would_be_able to,dispute with who,stronger than,he )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “people already know what mankind is like”

(Occurrence 0) the one who is the mighty judge

(Some words not found in UHB: what? that,exists already given his/its=name and,known which/who he/it humankind and=not he/it_would_be_able to,dispute with who,stronger than,he )

Alternate translation: “God, who is the mighty judge”

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