Ecclesiastes 8:7
And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 27:1Make not thy boast of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth.
Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?
Ecclesiastes 9:1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.
Ecclesiastes 10:14A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
Matthew 24:50The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of:
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:7-9
The Certainty of Death. 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. Solomon had said ( v. 5 ) that a wise man's heart discerns time and judgment, that is, a man's… Read the whole commentary →