Ecclesiastes 6:10 — Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people a… — FBV | maBible
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Other reference formats: Ecclesiastes 6.10, Ecclesiastes 6v10, Ec. 6:10.
10 Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.
Notes and references
“Described”: literally, “named.” However, in Hebrew thought “name” is far more than a simple appellation, it is descriptive of the object or person.
“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…