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


In Context

4 Where the word of a king is power is, and who saith to him, 'What dost thou?'

5 Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

6 For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

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

8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

9 All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.

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 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 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?