Ecclesiastes 6:10
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10 Whatever has come to be has (A)already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to (B)dispute with one stronger than he.
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Job 9:32
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32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should (A)come to trial together.
Isaiah 45:9-10
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9 (A)“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
(B)Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
Job 40:2
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2 “Shall a faultfinder (A)contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Romans 9:19-20
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19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For (A)who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, (B)to answer back to God? (C)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Jeremiah 49:19
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19 (A)Behold, (B)like a lion coming up from (C)the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[a] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. (D)For who is like me? (E)Who will summon me? (F)What shepherd can stand before me?
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- Jeremiah 49:19 Septuagint, Syriac them
Ecclesiastes 3:15
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15 That which is, (A)already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God (B)seeks what has been driven away.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 3:15 Hebrew what has been pursued
Job 33:13
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Genesis 3:17-19
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17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(A)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(B)cursed is the ground because of you;
(C)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
(D)for you are dust,
and (E)to dust you shall return.”
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
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9 (A)What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been (B)already
in the ages before us.
11 There is no (C)remembrance of former things,[a]
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things[b] yet to be
among those who come after.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or former people
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or later people
Psalm 82:6-7
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6 (A)I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, like men (B)you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”[a]
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- Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes
Psalm 39:6
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6 Surely a man (A)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (B)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
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- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
Job 14:1-4
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Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
14 “Man who is (A)born of a woman
is (B)few of days and (C)full of trouble.
2 He comes out like (D)a flower and (E)withers;
he flees like (F)a shadow and continues not.
3 And do you (G)open your eyes on such a one
and (H)bring me into judgment with you?
4 Who can bring (I)a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
Job 9:3-4
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3 If one wished to (A)contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
4 He is (B)wise in heart and mighty in strength
—who has (C)hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
Psalm 103:15
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Genesis 3:9
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9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”[a]
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- Genesis 3:9 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
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