The Futile Way Life Works

6:10 Whatever has happened was foreordained,38

and what happens to a person39 was also foreknown.

It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate

because God is more powerful than he is.40

6:11 The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes.41

How does that benefit him?42

6:12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life43—

during the few days of his fleeting life—

for44 they pass away45 like a shadow.

Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.46