Ecclesiastes 8:7
“For hee knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him, when it shall be?”
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Ecclesiastes 8:7 Context
5Whoso keepeth the commandement, shall feele no euill thing: and a wise mans heart discerneth both time and iudgement. 6¶ Because to euery purpose there is time, and iudgement; therefore the misery of man is great vpon him. 7For hee knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him, when it shall be? 8There is no man that hath power ouer the spirit to retaine the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that warre, neither shall wickednesse deliuer those that are giuen to it. 9All this haue I seene, and applied my heart vnto euery worke that is done vnder the Sunne: there is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt.
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Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 8:7
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
- King James Version
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
- American Standard Version (1901)
No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?
- Basic English Bible
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
- Darby Bible
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
- Webster's Bible
For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
- World English Bible
For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
- Youngs Literal Bible
For he knoweth not that which shall be; for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 8:7
8:7 For - Men are generally ignorant of future events, and therefore their minds are disquieted.