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Ecclesiastes 6:10
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Ecclesiastes 6:10
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10 Whatever one is, he has been named (A)already,
For it is known that he is man;
(B)And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
Ecclesiastes 6:10
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Ecclesiastes 6:10
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10 Whatever exists has already been named,(A)
and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
with someone who is stronger.
Job 9:32
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Job 9:32
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32 “For (A)He is not a man, as I am,
That I may answer Him,
And that we should go to court together.
Job 9:32
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Job 9:32
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Isaiah 45:9-10
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Isaiah 45:9-10
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9 “Woe to him who strives with (A)his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
(B)Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
10 Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”
Isaiah 45:9-10
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Isaiah 45:9-10
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9 “Woe to those who quarrel(A) with their Maker,(B)
those who are nothing but potsherds(C)
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(D)
‘What are you making?’(E)
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?(F)
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’
Job 40:2
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Job 40:2
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2 “Shall (A)the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who (B)rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Job 40:2
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Job 40:2
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Romans 9:19-20
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Romans 9:19-20
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19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For (A)who has resisted His will?” 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? (B)Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Romans 9:19-20
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Romans 9:19-20
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19 One of you will say to me:(A) “Then why does God still blame us?(B) For who is able to resist his will?”(C) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(D) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(E) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](F)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Jeremiah 49:19
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Jeremiah 49:19
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19 “Behold,(A) he shall come up like a lion from (B)the [a]floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will suddenly make him run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For (C)who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And (D)who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:19 Or thicket
Jeremiah 49:19
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Jeremiah 49:19
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Ecclesiastes 3:15
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Ecclesiastes 3:15
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15 (A)That which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God [a]requires an account of [b]what is past.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 Lit. seeks
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 what is pursued
Ecclesiastes 3:15
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Ecclesiastes 3:15
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Job 33:13
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Job 33:13
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13 Why do you (A)contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
Job 33:13
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Job 33:13
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- Job 33:13 Or that he does not answer for any of his actions
Genesis 3:17-19
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Genesis 3:17-19
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17 Then to Adam He said, (A)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (B)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
(C)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(D)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [a]bring forth for you,
And (E)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (F)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(G)For dust you are,
And (H)to dust you shall return.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
Genesis 3:17-19
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Genesis 3:17-19
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17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(A)
“Cursed(B) is the ground(C) because of you;
through painful toil(D) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.(E)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(F) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(G)
19 By the sweat of your brow(H)
you will eat your food(I)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(J)
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
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Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
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9 (A)That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which it may be said,
“See, this is new”?
It has already been in ancient times before us.
11 There is (B)no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
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Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
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9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;(A)
there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which one can say,
“Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.
11 No one remembers the former generations,(B)
and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them.(C)
Psalm 82:6-7
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Psalm 82:6-7
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6 I said, (A)“You are [a]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
7 But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 82:6 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods
Psalm 82:6-7
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Psalm 82:6-7
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Psalm 39:6
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Psalm 39:6
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6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [a]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
Job 14:1-4
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Job 14:1-4
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Job Speaks of Life’s Woes
14 “Man who is born of woman
Is of few days and (A)full of [a]trouble.
2 (B)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
3 And (C)do You open Your eyes on such a one,
And (D)bring [b]me to judgment with Yourself?
4 Who (E)can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
Job 14:1-4
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Job 14:1-4
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14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)
2 They spring up like flowers(D) and wither away;(E)
like fleeting shadows,(F) they do not endure.(G)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?(H)
Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(I)
4 Who can bring what is pure(J) from the impure?(K)
No one!(L)
Footnotes
- Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me
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