Ecclesiastes 8:7
For he knoweth not that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
Leeser Tanakh
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
Esther 5:12And Haman said [farther], Yea, Esther the queen did not let any one come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself: and also for tomorrow am I invited unto her with the king.
Proverbs 27:1Make no boast for thyself of the coming day; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Ecclesiastes 3:22And so did I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to look with pleasure on what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this did I reflect over in my heart and to explain all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their services, are in the hand of God: that man knoweth neither love nor hatred; it is all [ordained] before them;
Ecclesiastes 10:14The fool also multiplieth words; [but] a man cannot know what is to be; and what is to 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 →