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


In Context

4 And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?

5 He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer.

6 There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:

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

8 It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.

9 All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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?