7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?


In Context

4 For the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment:

6 for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

7 for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

Ecclesiastes 8:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:7Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:7Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?