Ecclesiastes 8:7
For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
World English Bible Classic
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 there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
Cross References
Esther 5:12Haman also said, “Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
Proverbs 27:1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
Ecclesiastes 3:22Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.
Ecclesiastes 10:14A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
Matthew 24:50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,
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 →