Ecclesiastes 8:7

No one knows what is coming next. 2 Who can tell him what is coming? 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

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 every matter there is a correct response and a time to respond, 2 because the troubles of man are great. 1

8No one is ruler over his breath so as to stop the breath, + 8:8 Some versions have No one is ruler over the wind so as to stop the wind . 2 and no one has power over the day of his death. 1 No one is discharged from the army during a battle, 2 and wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves.

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Cross References

Esther 5:12Haman said, “Queen Esther invited no one else but me to come with the king to the feast she prepared. Even tomorrow I am again invited by her along with the king.

Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, 1 for you do not know what a day may bring. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:22So again I realized that there is nothing better for anyone than to take pleasure in his work, for that is his assignment. Who can bring him back to see what happens after him?

Ecclesiastes 9:1For I thought about all this in my mind to understand about the righteous and wise people and their deeds. They are all in God's hands. No one knows whether love or hate will come to someone. 1

Ecclesiastes 10:14A fool multiplies words, 2 but no one knows what is coming. 2 Who knows what is coming after him? 1

Matthew 24:50then the master of that servant will come on a day that the servant does not expect and at an hour that he does not know.

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 →

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