Ecclesiastes 8:7
For he knoweth not that which shall be; for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
In Context
6For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.
Cross References
Esther 5:12Haman said moreover: 'Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also am I invited by her together with the king.
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherefore I perceived that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
Ecclesiastes 10:14A fool also multiplieth words; yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
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 →